Chamberlain v. Mathis

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that cabinet-level official was entitled to qualified immunity, as that adequately served the policy purposes behind immunity
• confirming that “[d]efendant properly raised the immunity defense in his motion to dismiss because its factual framework was established in plaintiffs’ complaint”
• noting that immunity is an affirmative defense which can be raised in a motion to dismiss
• concluding after an examination of statutory authority that the official was the equivalent of a federal cabinet officer
• discussing qualified immunity for government officials from liability for acts within the scope of their public duties
• “Both qualified and absolute immunity protect only acts reasonably within the [public official’s] discretionary authority”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).