Kisela v. Hughes
Decided April 2, 2018. The Court ruled per curiam, an unsigned opinion of the Court.
Docket 17-467 · 584 U.S. 100 (2018) · Cited 1,731 times
Holding
Petitioner police officer is entitled to qualified immunity here, where his actions did not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.
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Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Graham v. Connor · 490 U.S. 386 (1989)
- Brosseau v. Haugen · 543 U.S. 194 (2004)
- City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan · 575 U.S. 600 (2015)
- Tennessee v. Garner · 471 U.S. 1 (1985)
- Mullenix v. Luna · 577 U.S. 7 (2015)
- White v. Pauly · 580 U.S. 73 (2017)
- Hope v. Pelzer · 536 U.S. 730 (2002)
- District of Columbia v. Wesby · 583 U.S. 48 (2018)
- Ashcroft v. al-Kidd · 563 U.S. 731 (2011)
- Anderson v. Creighton · 483 U.S. 635 (1987)
- Plumhoff v. Rickard · 572 U.S. 765 (2014)
- Scott v. Harris · 550 U.S. 372 (2007)
- Tolan v. Cotton · 572 U.S. 650 (2014)
- Reichle v. Howards · 566 U.S. 658 (2012)
- Wilson v. Layne · 526 U.S. 603 (1999)
- Office of Personnel Management v. Richmond · 496 U.S. 414 (1990)
- Schweiker v. Hansen · 450 U.S. 785 (1981)
- Major League Baseball Players Assn. v. Garvey · 532 U.S. 504 (2001)
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