Case law

Ottman v. City of Independence

341 F.3d 751 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Sep 3, 2003

Government officials who perform discretionary functions are entitled to qualified immunity unless their alleged conduct violated clearly established federal constitutional or statutory rights of which a reasonable person … Therefore, Hahl is entitled to qualified immunity. C.

Johnson v. Outboard Marine Corp.

172 F.3d 531 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Mar 24, 1999

The court similarly found that the private defendants were also entitled to qualified immunity and dismissed them from the suit. Rumery and Johnson appeal, contesting the court's findings of qualified immunity. II. … We find the issue of qualified immunity is misplaced for two reasons.

GUILLEMARD GINORIO v. Contreras

409 F. Supp. 2d 101 · District Court, D. Puerto Rico · Jan 10, 2006

Qualified Immunity In their motion, the defendants argue that they are entitled to qualified *111 immunity in relation to plaintiffs’ due process claims. … immunity, the Court must consider “(1) whether plaintiffs allegations, if true, establish a constitutional violation; (2) whether that right was clearly established at the time of the alleged violation; and (3) whether a

Joseph v. Patterson

795 F.2d 549 · Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Jul 2, 1986

If the law which the defendant’s conduct is alleged to have violated is clearly established, then the qualified immunity defense must fail and discovery proceed. … If the law is not clearly established, the defendant is immune and summary judgment is proper. Windsor, 719 F.2d at 165 .

Leichter v. Lebanon Board of Education

917 F. Supp. 2d 177 · District Court, D. Connecticut · Jan 9, 2013

Qualified immunity “protects government officials from liability where the officials’ conduct was not in violation of a ‘clearly established’ constitutional right.” Sudler v. … by qualified immunity.”

Wilson v. Lawrence County

260 F.3d 946 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Aug 15, 2001

Qualified Immunity 13 "[G]overnment officials performing discretionary functions, generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 638 (1987). 14 In determining if appellants are entitled to qualified immunity we must ask whether Wilson states a violation of a constitutional right, and whether that right was clearly established

Wayne Ernest Barker v. Ben Norman and Jack Ballas

651 F.2d 1107 · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Jul 30, 1981

qualified immunity defenses. … The Scope of the Qualified Immunity-Defenses 1.

Students for Life USA v. Waldrop

90 F. Supp. 3d 1265 · District Court, S.D. Alabama · Feb 4, 2015

Qualified Immunity. … Certainly Bloedom does not clearly establish for purposes of qualified immunity analysis the proposition for which the plaintiff contends.

McCollum v. Garrett

880 S.W.2d 530 · Kentucky Supreme Court · Sep 1, 1994

During the time in which McCollum essentially acted as an investigator, the protection available to him was qualified immunity. … . -, 113 S.Ct. 2606 , 125 L.Ed.2d 209 (1993), as follows: ... government officials are not subject to damages liability for the performance of their discretionary functions when "their conduct does not violate clearly established

Becerra v. Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City

272 F. Supp. 2d 1223 · District Court, D. Kansas · Jul 25, 2003

immunity’ Defendant Mots argues that he is entitled to qualified immunity because his conduct violated no clearly established right of Plaintiffs. … Qualified immunity shields an individual government official performing discretionary functions from liability for civil damages insofar as his conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights

Kanae v. Hodson

294 F. Supp. 2d 1179 · District Court, D. Hawaii · Nov 5, 2003

Hodson’s Qualified Immunity Defense. Hodson argues that he has qualified immunity with respect to Kanae’s claims. … Qualified immunity bars claims against government officials in their individual capacities if their conduct did not “violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known

Grace Ray v. E. J. Foltz

370 F.3d 1079 · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · May 24, 2004

II The Qualified Immunity Defense When government officials act in a way that knowingly violates a clearly established statutory or constitutional right of which a reasonable person would have known, they are … We call this defense “qualified immunity” because the official is immune from a damage lawsuit, qualified upon his ability to show that he did not knowingly violate the plaintiff*s clearly established constitutional right

Harvey Pelfrey v. The Estate of Steven Dewey McDowell, by and Through Brenda Roberts, as Administratrix

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · May 29, 2026

Mattingly defended in part based on qualified official immunity. … As such, Mattingly was not entitled to qualified official immunity.

Matthews v. ALABAMA AGR. AND MECHANICAL UNIV.

787 So. 2d 691 · Supreme Court of Alabama · May 26, 2000

Matthews alleges that the university employees violated "clearly established Constitutional and statutory rights," that they "exceed[ed] the scope of their statutory and administrative authority," and that they acted willfully … or to qualified/substantive/ discretionary-function immunity.

Ober v. Evanko

80 F. App'x 196 · Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Oct 21, 2003

The District Court denied Appellants’ motion, finding that Appellants violated Ober’s clearly established First Amendment rights and, thus, were not entitled to qualified immunity. … Qualified immunity shields “government officials performing discretionary functions ... from liability from civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of

Boswell v. County of Sherburne

849 F.2d 1117 · Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Jun 21, 1988

were clearly established at the time of the challenged actions * * Mitchell v. … This court has in the past taken a broad view of what constitutes “clearly established law” for the purposes of a qualified immunity inquiry, requiring some but not precise factual correspondence with precedents and demanding

Prue v. City of Syracuse

26 F.3d 14 · Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Jun 6, 1994

The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials performing discretionary functions from liability for civil damages “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional … To establish qualified immunity, defendants must show either that their conduct “did not violate ‘clearly established rights’ of which a reasonable person would have known, or that it was ‘objectively reasonable’ to believe

Steele v. Department of Corrections

215 Mich. App. 710 · Michigan Court of Appeals · Apr 29, 1996

Consequently, Stone was entitled to qualified immunity under Ross v Consumers Power Co (On Rehearing), 420 Mich 567, 592 ; 363 NW2d 641 (1984). 3 Furthermore, plaintiff’s claim under 42 USC 1983 fails because he has *717 … not established deliberate indifference on Stone’s part.

J. Chris Lane v. Kentucky Department of Corrections

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Sep 19, 2025

Qualified Immunity. … first addressing the Appellees’ qualified immunity arguments.

Walter v. County of San Diego

District Court, S.D. California · Nov 30, 2020

A public official is entitled to qualified immunity “unless the official’s 12 conduct violated a clearly established constitutional right. [Citation omitted.]” Id. at 232. 13 In Saucier v. … Because the law was clearly 7 established, Defendants are not entitled to qualified immunity on this claim. 8 9 D.