Scheuer v. Rhodes

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a plaintiff in an employment-discrimination case need not establish her prima-facie case in the complaint
• recognizing that officers must “often act swiftly and firmly at the risk that action deferred would be futile or constitute a virtual abdication of office”
• stating that allegations of a complaint should be favorably construed for the pleader
• stating that allegations of a complaint should be favorably construed for the pleader
• holding that executive branch officers had qualified immunity
• stating that allegations of a complaint should be favorably construed for the pleader

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).