Supreme Court· 5/24/1999

Wilson v. Layne

Citations

526 U.S. 603
119 S. Ct. 1692
143 L. Ed. 2d 818
1999 U.S. LEXIS 3633

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holding that, in qualified immunity cases, courts should address whether law was violated prior to determining whether it was clearly established
holding that it is improper to dismiss a claim by simply concluding that a constitutional right was not \clearly established\ without reaching the antecedent question
holding that it is improper to dismiss a claim by simply concluding that a constitutional right was not “clearly established” without reaching the antecedent question
holding that the right violated was not clearly established at the time of the offense
holding that the right violated was not clearly established at the time of the offense
holding that state officials “cannot have been expected to predict the future course of constitutional law.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Rehnquist, Kehnquist, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer, Stevens

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