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Government Entitled to Only One Qualified Immunity Appeal
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1992, page 5
Government Entitled To Only One Qualified Immunity Appeal In Mitchell v. Forsyth , 472 US 511, 105 S. Ct. 2806 (1982), the US Supreme Court clarified its prior rulings on qualified immunity. Government officials performing discretionary functions (such as prison officials, law enforcement personnel and most government officials) are entitled ...
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