Supreme Court· 4/17/1974

Scheuer v. Rhodes

Citations

416 U.S. 232
94 S. Ct. 1683
40 L. Ed. 2d 90
1974 U.S. LEXIS 126
71 Ohio Op. 2d 474

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holding that a plaintiff in an employment-discrimination case need not establish her prima-facie case in the complaint
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stating that allegations of a complaint should be favorably construed for the pleader
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holding that executive branch officers had qualified immunity
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