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· 10/4/1982

Grace v. Local Union 759, International Union of the United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers

Citations

  • 459 U.S. 815
  • 103 S. Ct. 42
  • 74 L. Ed. 2d 52
  • 51 U.S.L.W. 3253
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 3038

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  • granting only qualified immunity to state probation officer who initiated probation revocation proceedings
  • “it is clear that the Commission’s action in the present circumstances does not conflict with that [the antidiscrimination] underlying purpose”
  • probation officer entitled to only qualified immunity for mistakenly causing arrest for probation violation, acting without court direction and at a phase of the criminal process less intimately associated with the judiciary
  • only qualified immunity protects probation officer who mistakenly causes arrest and incarceration of probationer
  • qualified immunity for probation officer’s filing false violation report with parole commission

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