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· 6/9/2009

Starling v. Suffolk County Water Authority

Citations

  • 63 A.D.3d 822
  • 881 N.Y.S.2d 149

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that a law is \clearly established\ by precedents of the Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit, or \the highest court of the state in which the case arose\
  • upholding an award of attorney's fees, inter alia, because the disparity between the $500,000 in damages requested and the $1 received was not \an outrageous split\
  • granting qualified immunity to a teacher and police officer who strip-searched a fifth-grade group to find a missing $26, because, although the search constituted a violation, it was not \clearly established\
  • upholding an award of attorney’s fees, inter alia, because the disparity between the $500,000 in damages requested and the $1 received was not “an outrageous split”
  • granting qualified immunity to a teacher and police officer who strip-searched a fifth-grade group to find a missing $26, because, although the search constituted a violation, it was not “clearly established”
  • facts in comparator case so different as to offer little guidance and inadequate warning that conduct is unconstitutional

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