| 1983 - 878 pages
...According to the Congressional defendants, the standard set by the Court in the Harlow case was that: . . . government officials performing discretionary functions...generally are shielded from liability for civil damages 1 For a discussion of the Harlow case and a copy of the opinion see page 689 of Court Proceedings and... | |
| 1983 - 782 pages
...immunity from suit. With respect to the application of this qualified immunity, the court ruled that "government officials performing discretionary functions...rights of which a reasonable person would have known." In determining that Presidential aides are not as a rule entitled to absolute immunity, the Court distinguished... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1986 - 108 pages
...v. Fitzgerald the standard is the objective reasonableness of the officals conduct. If the officals' conduct does not violate clearly established statutory...rights of which a reasonable person would have known, the offical is shielded from civil damages. Moreover, the proposed amendment does not cure the problem... | |
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