Schaefer v. Wilcock’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
4 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York · Harlow v. Fitzgerald · Scheuer v. Rhodes · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]nalysis of the availability of immunity under Harlow and Creighton involves two steps: (1) the court must determine whether the right allegedly violated was "clearly established at the time [the] action occurred." Harlow, 457 U.S. at 818 [ 102 S.Ct. at 2738 ]; and (2) the court must make a more particularized determination that "the contours of the right [were] sufficiently clear that a reasonable official would understand [his conduct in a particular case] violates that right." Creighton, 107 S.Ct. at 3039 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Smith v. Eley
How this case has been treated — in progress
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