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Wyatt v. Cole
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1992
Full case name	Wyatt v. Cole
Citations	504 U.S. 158 (more)
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.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas

Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court 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.

References

1. Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992).

External links

• Text of Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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