Breault v. CHAIRMAN OF BD, FIRE COMMR. OF SPRINGFIELD

How courts have described this case

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• holding that common-law immunity does not apply to ministerial, versus discretionary, acts
• no immunity for intentional ministerial acts; immunity for discretionary acts within scope of duty performed in good faith
• where acts are ministerial, no valid claim of qualified immunity can be raised
• doctrine of present execution applied to order denying qualified immunity because defendant's right to freedom from suit would \be lost forever\ if order were not immediately appealable
• refusing qualified immunity under Federal and State law

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