Ex Parte Rene Mendez v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in qualified immunity cases, courts should address whether law was violated prior to determining whether it was clearly established
• holding that it is improper to dismiss a claim by simply concluding that a constitutional right was not \clearly established\ without reaching the antecedent question
• holding that it is improper to dismiss a claim by simply concluding that a constitutional right was not “clearly established” without reaching the antecedent question
• holding that the right violated was not clearly established at the time of the offense
• holding that the right violated was not clearly established at the time of the offense
• holding that state officials “cannot have been expected to predict the future course of constitutional law.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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