| Revision as of 06:59, 11 December 2024 editLethargilistic (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users8,773 edits ←Created page with '{{subst:SCOTUS-case|Wyatt v. Cole|504|158|May 18|1992|Private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.}}' |
Revision as of 07:00, 11 December 2024 edit undoLethargilistic (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users8,773 editsNo edit summaryNext edit → |
| Line 13: |
Line 13: |
|
|Subsequent= |
|
|Subsequent= |
|
|Holding=Private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional. |
|
|Holding=Private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional. |
|
|Majority= |
|
|Majority=O'Connor |
|
|JoinMajority= |
|
|JoinMajority= |
|
|Concurrence= |
|
|Concurrence=Kennedy |
|
|JoinConcurrence= |
|
|JoinConcurrence=Scalia |
|
⚫ |
|Dissent=Rehnquist |
|
|Concurrence2= |
|
|
⚫ |
|JoinDissent=Souter, Thomas |
|
|JoinConcurrence2= |
|
|
|Concurrence/Dissent= |
|
|
|JoinConcurrence/Dissent= |
|
| ⚫ |
|Dissent= |
|
| ⚫ |
|JoinDissent= |
|
|
|Dissent2= |
|
|
|JoinDissent2= |
|
|
|PerCuriam= |
|
|
|NotParticipating= |
|
|
|LawsApplied= |
|
|LawsApplied= |
|
}} |
|
}} |
|
|
|
|
|
'''''Wyatt v. Cole''''', {{ussc|volume=504|page=158|year=1992|el=no}}, was a ] case in which the court held that private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.<ref name="case">{{ussc|name=Wyatt v. Cole|volume=504|page=158|year=1992}}.</ref> |
|
'''''Wyatt v. Cole''''', {{ussc|volume=504|page=158|year=1992|el=no}}, was a ] case in which the court held that private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.<ref name="case">{{ussc|name=Wyatt v. Cole|volume=504|page=158|year=1992}}.</ref><ref name="Lieberman1999">{{Cite book |last=Lieberman |first=Jethro K. |title=A Practical Companion to the Constitution |year=1999 |pages=239|chapter=Immunity From Suit}}</ref> |
|
|
|
|
|
== References == |
|
== References == |
Supreme Court of the United States