Deutsch v. Jordan

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• stating that the plaintiff bears the burden of overcoming a defendant’s claim of qualified immunity based on a reasonable mistake of fact
• holding testimony responding to a charge of public corruption was a matter of public concern
• noting that the first three questions of law “may turn on resolution of a factual dispute by the jury”
• characterizing question of whether plaintiffs testimony was “on a matter of public concern” as an abstract legal issue reviewable on qualified immunity appeal
• stating that, to meet the clearly-established prong of the qualified immunity test, a plaintiff must overcome a defense that an official made a reasonable mistake of law, reasonable mistake of fact, or reasonable mistake regarding a mixed question of law and fact
• \[T]he speaker's having a highly personal motive for a disclosure does not necessarily mean that the speech is not a matter of public concern.\

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