good-faith immunity applies if an official "knew or reasonably should have known that the action he took within his sphere of official responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the [plaintiff], or if he took the action with malicious intention to cause a deprivation of constitutional rights or other injury...." (emphasis added)
How later courts described this case
- good-faith immunity applies if an official "knew or reasonably should have known that the action he took within his sphere of official responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the [plaintiff], or if he took the action with malicious intention to cause a deprivation of constitutional rights or other injury...." (emphasis added)
- compensatory damages under § 1983 appropriate only if defendant acted with such impermissible motivation or disregard for established rights that action “cannot reasonably be characterized as being in good faith”
- Actions taken by school officials in good faith fulfillment of their responsibilities and within the bounds of reason under all the circumstances are covered by good faith immunity.
- qualified immunity to school administrators and school board members
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Motion for leave to file petition for writ of prohibition denied.