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Second Circuit· 1/4/2010

Cornejo v. Bell

Citations

  • 592 F.3d 121
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 38
  • 2010 WL 6145

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that attorneys for New York City Administration for Children’s Services were entitled to absolute immunity for initiating proceedings removing a child from the parents' custody
  • explaining that qualified immunity exists where “the employee was acting in subjective and objective good faith”
  • stating that section 1983 “provides ‘a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred,’ including under the Constitution”
  • stating that Section 1983 “provides ‘a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred,’ including under the Constitution”
  • stating that section 1983 “provides ‘a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred,’ including under the Constitution”
  • stating that Section 1983 “provides ‘a method for vindicating federal rights elsewhere conferred,’ including under the Constitution”

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Judges: Miner, Cabranes, Rakoff

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Cites

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