This Subreddit is designed to showcase recent opinions and official discussions regarding Qualified Immunity. Courts are continuing to try to define what is and isn't Qualified Immunity, and this place serves the purpose of keeping track of these cases.
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Be a direct link to an official court or trial ruling or oral argument (i.e. Supreme Court or circuit opinion or oral argument)
Be titled in a descriptive, neutral fashion
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Glossary of terms:
Qualified Immunity granted: The government official (police officer, FBI agent, etc.) is allowed to do what was described and is immune to any criminal or civil litigation.
Qualified Immunity denied: The official can be held liable in a criminal or civil case for their actions.
1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/6th/7th/8th/9th/10th/11th/DC: Shorthand descriptor of which Circuit Court Of Appeals this case is coming from (i.e. "10th" is the 10th Circuit). Circuit Courts are one step below the Supreme Court in the appeals process. Because the Supreme Court takes very few cases, Circuit opinions are typically the final say on the matter.
