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Supreme Court· 5/27/1980

Gomez v. Toledo

Citations

  • 446 U.S. 635
  • 100 S. Ct. 1920
  • 64 L. Ed. 2d 572
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 104

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that there was no basis for imposing on plaintiff the burden to anticipate an affirmative defense
  • holding that a civil-rights plaintiff need not plead facts relevant to a qualified immunity defense in order to state a claim
  • holding that defendant in civil rights case has burden of pleading defense of qualified immunity and plaintiff has no obligation to anticipate such defense
  • recognizing that qualified immunity can be waived if not \squarely presented\ to dis- trict court
  • holding that qualified immunity is an affirmative defense to a § 1983 action in part because the facts that might support the defense are in the possession of the official asserting it
  • holding that defendant bears the burden of pleading qualified immunity defense

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Judges: Marshall, RbhN-quist, Rehnquist

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Cites

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