Clearly established
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 526 U.S. 603 - Wilson v. Layne · 1999Most cited · 4,405 citing opinions
in this context depends largely "upon the level of generality at which the relevant 'legal rule' is to be established."
483 U.S., at 639.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Clearly established”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Clearly established” — 4,508 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1999–2018
that, at the time of the officer's conduct, the law was " 'sufficiently clear' that every 'reasonable official would understand that what he is doing' " is unlawful.