implied immunity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 289 U.S. 48 - Board of Trustees of University of Illinois v. United States · 1933Most cited · 268 citing opinions
It is a principle implied from the necessity of maintaining our dual system of government. Springing from that necessity it does not extend beyond it. Protecting the functions of government in its proper province, the implication ceases when the boundary of that province is reached.
How often courts cite the case defining “implied immunity”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “implied immunity” — 268 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.