Supreme Court· 6/12/1995

Johnson v. Jones

Citations

515 U.S. 304
115 S. Ct. 2151
132 L. Ed. 2d 238
1995 U.S. LEXIS 3907

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holding that a determination of whether a triable issue of fact exists in the pretrial record is not immediately appealable
holding that appellate courts generally lack the ability to review a district court's finding of a genuine issue of fact
holding that where qualified immunity depends on disputed facts, an order denying summary judgment based on qualified immunity is not immediately appealable
noting that we “may review the purely legal question whether a factual dispute is material”
noting that police officers were “government officials — entitled to assert a qualified immunity defense”
noting that “the countervailing considerations that we have mentioned (precedent, fidelity to statute, and underlying policies) are too strong to permit” an immediate appeal

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Judges: Breyer

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