Muller v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Strong policy considerations underpin the qualified immunity doctrine set forth in Weiss ... and, in cases such as these where a governmental body has invoked the expertise of qualified employees, the Weiss directive should not be lightly discounted. Appellants would have us examine the criteria that were considered by the State’s professional staff, emphasize factors allegedly overlooked, and, with the benefit of hindsight, rule that the studies were inadequate as a matter of law. We decline this invitation, for to do so ... “would constitute the type of judgment substitution that Weiss v„ Fote ... prohibits”.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 802 F. Supp. 849 - Wasserman v. City of New York