Case law

Meehan v. Laborers Pension Fund

418 F. Supp. 29 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · May 24, 1976

31 agreement in the establishment or conduct of the fund. … The cases clearly so hold.

Lucien v. Godinez

814 F. Supp. 754 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Feb 22, 1993

Even if Lucien’s situation had presented a closer question, the absence of any clearly established right in the context of a policy such as Stateville's would still insulate Warden Godinez from suit on qualified immunity

Campbell v. City of Chicago

639 F. Supp. 1501 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jul 28, 1986

All of this is well-established law. Pursuant to these broad powers, the City enacted the first comprehensive taxicab ordinance in 1934. … within the Noerr-Pennington immunity.

Wrice v. Burge

187 F. Supp. 3d 939 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 25, 2015

The immunity inquiry “focuses on the conduct for which immunity is claimed, not on the harm that the conduct may have caused or the question whether it was lawful.” Buckley v. … When prosecutors’ duties “go beyond the strictly prosecutorial to include investigation, and when they do non-prosecutorial work they lose their absolute immunity and have only the immunity, called ‘qualified,’ that other

Younge v. Berman

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 6, 2023

When presented with a qualified immunity argument, the court “must address two questions: whether the plaintiff’s allegations make out a deprivation of a constitutional right, and whether that right was clearly established … Ct. 305, 308 (2015) (per curiam).2 Berman argues that he is entitled to qualified immunity because it is not clearly established that he would have known that

Smith v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Aug 12, 2024

Qualified Immunity Defendants argue that, even if the Detectives lacked probable cause, they are protected by qualified immunity. … But qualified immunity is not absolute.

DiBenedetto v. City of Chicago

873 F. Supp. 106 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Dec 27, 1994

Furthermore, the issue of the officer’s qualified immunity was not raised. Government officials performing discretionary functions are generally shielded from liability. Sherman v. … The facts provided are insufficient to establish a conspiracy, let alone a conspiracy with a purpose to deprive DiBenedetto his constitutional rights. See id.

Wozniak v. Cavender

875 F. Supp. 526 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Feb 9, 1995

The defendants also contend that Cavender and Siewert are entitled to qualified immunity. … Thus, it can not be concluded that Cavender and Siewert reasonably should have known that their conduct may have violated a clearly established right.

Haag v. Board of Education

655 F. Supp. 1267 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 17, 1987

She has alleged that she is a woman, that she was qualified for her job, and that she was constructively discharged. … Had the Board outright dismissed the plaintiff, clearly she would have been entitled to the notice and opportunity to be heard provided in the statute.

Santiago v. United States of America

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Feb 8, 2022

“Qualified immunity attaches when an official’s conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” White v. Pauly, --- U.S. ----, 137 S. … At the motion to dismiss stage, to overcome an assertion of qualified immunity, Plaintiffs must have alleged a violation of a statutory or constitutional right that was clearly established at the time of the violation so

La Playita Cicero, Inc. v. Town of Cicero

175 F. Supp. 3d 953 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 30, 2016

Polk Defendants argue that Polk had probable cause to arrest Meza and that he is thus entitled to qualified immunity from his First Amendment claim. In Reichle v. … . -, 132 S.Ct. 2088, 2095 , 182 L.Ed.2d 985 (2012), the Supreme Court held that an officer was entitled to qualified immunity because it was not clearly established that a retaliatory arrest would violate the First Amendment

Schimandle v. DeKalb County Sheriff's Office

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Oct 7, 2022

It is well settled that, pursuant to qualified immunity, public officials performing discretionary functions are shielded from civil liability unless their conduct violates a clearly established statutory or constitutional … While Plaintiff informed Detective Duehning that he was acting in self-defense, it is not clearly established, thereby negating Detective Duehning’s qualified immunity, that Plaintiff’s explanation for the battery not only

United States Dental Institute v. American Association of Orthodontists

396 F. Supp. 565 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Jun 6, 1975

Such training would further qualify them as orthodontists. … Virginia State Bar, supra, since the court in that case very carefully established a “limited immunity” under the learned profession exemption: “The exemption is not a personal immunity from prosecution, but is rather a recognition

Harpalani v. Air India, Inc.

622 F. Supp. 69 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 30, 1985

The facts of Brunwasser are clearly distinguishable from those of the case at hand, however. … Air India is wholly owned by the government of India and therefore qualifies as a foreign state under section 1603.

Megan Nelson v. Bryan Lutzou

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Sep 11, 2018

Qualified immunity shields government officials from liability for performing discretionary actions within their official capacity so long as the actions do “not violate clearly established … As established above, Defendant is not entitled to qualified immunity.

In Re Wheat Rail Freight Rate Antitrust Litigation

579 F. Supp. 517 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Feb 6, 1984

The court began its analysis of the implied immunity issue by recognizing that immunity not expressly granted by statute is the exception to the rule: It is well-established ... that regulated industries “are not per se exempt … The court stated “implementation of unapproved agreements, including activities involving the establishment of rates that are filed as tariffs, is not immune from the antitrust laws.” Id. at 1241 .

Lai v. City of Chicago

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Aug 20, 2025

is generally not dismissed under Rule 12(b)(6) on qualified immunity grounds.’” … immunity,” as the “question is not whether rules of individual liability for the conduct were clearly established at the time” but rather “whether the wrongfulness of the defendant’s conduct was clearly established.”

Morales v. City Of Evanston

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Apr 7, 2025

They assert, instead, that they are entitled to qualified immunity because it was not clearly established that it was unconstitutional to “detain those in contact or associated with the students accused of serious misconduct … “An official is entitled to qualified immunity for conduct that does not clearly violate established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Beaman v.

Clemons v. Dart

168 F. Supp. 3d 1060 · District Court, N.D. Illinois · Mar 9, 2016

To prevail under either theory, Clemons must establish that he (1) is a qualified individual with a disability, 4 that (2) he was denied ’the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity or otherwise … But even if a facility constructed after 1992 fails to comply with those structural requirements, its shortcomings do not violate the ADA if the facility can clearly establish that equal access was provided notwithstanding

Mansoori

District Court, N.D. Illinois · Dec 3, 2025

Alternatively, Morrison argues that he is entitled to qualified immunity. … Still, Morrison raises a qualified immunity defense, which “shields officials from civil liability so long as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a