Supreme Court· 3/22/1978

Foley v. Connelie

Citations

435 U.S. 291
98 S. Ct. 1067
55 L. Ed. 2d 287
1978 U.S. LEXIS 71
16 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 8182
17 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1

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holding that police officers’ charge to protect the public differentiated them from the public
noting that \aliens lawfully residing in this society have many rights which are accorded to noncitizens by few other countries\
holding constitutional a New York law limiting appointment to state police force to citizens
holding constitutional a New York law limiting appointment to state police force to citizens
explaining that matters involving children are one of the “most sensitive areas of daily” that an officer must respond to and requires “difficult and delicate judgments” underpinning the rationale for qualified immunity
clarifying that the Graham court’s rationale for subjecting alienage-based classifications to “heightened judicial solicitude” was that “aliens—pending their eligibility for citizenship—have no direct voice in the political processes” (citing Carolene Prods., 304 U.S. at 152-53 n.4)

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