Looney v. Black’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 district ·

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1. “) (internal citations omitted); Looney v. Black , 702 F.3d 701 , 706 (2d Cir. 2012) ("A 'unilateral expectation' is not sufficient to establish a constitutionally protected ... right[,] [r]ather, a plaintiff must have 'a legitimate claim of entitlement to' the alleged property interest.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gondal v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec. · Laface v. E. Suffolk Boces

2. “[q]ualified immunity provides government officials 'immunity from suit rather than a mere defense to liability.' " Looney v. Black , 702 F.3d 701 , 705 (2d Cir. 2012) (quoting Pearson v. Callahan , 555 U.S. 223 , 231, 129 S.Ct. 808 , 172 L.Ed.2d 565 (2009) ). Indeed, "[t]he driving force behind creation of the qualified immunity doctrine [is] a desire to ensure that insubstantial claims against government officials [will] be resolved prior to discovery.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cozayatl Sampedro v. Schriro

3. “[flormal job. descriptions often bear little resemblance to the duties an employee actually is expected to perform, and the listing of a given task in an employee’s written job description is neither necessary nor sufficient to demonstrate that conducting the task is within the scope of the employee’s professional duties for First Amendment purposes.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 935 F. Supp. 2d 508 - Ross v. New York City Department of Education