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· 8/13/1987

Davis v. Bowen

Citations

  • 825 F.2d 799
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 10723

How courts have described this case

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

  • declining to exercise the power to consider qualified immunity in the first instance on appeal
  • distinguishing question of court’s appellate jurisdiction and questions appropriate for review
  • it would be “within our power ... [but] inappropriate” to address the issue of qualified immunity if the district court has not addressed it “even if the record provided a sufficient basis for its resolution”
  • record insufficiently developed on qualified immunity issue
  • record insufficiently developed on qualified immunity issue

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Judges: Phillips, Widener, Wilkins

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