Ashcroft v. al-Kidd

Docket Number10-98
Decision Date31 May 2011

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    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of Ohio
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    ...such a rule "would be too rigid an application of the clearly established inquiry." Id. at 613 (quoting Ashcroft v. al-Kidd , 563 U.S. 731, 741, 131 S.Ct. 2074, 179 L.Ed.2d 1149 (2011) ; Hope v. Pelzer , 536 U.S. 730, 741, 122 S.Ct. 2508, 153 L.Ed.2d 666 (2002) ). Here, the contours of the ......
  • Berry v. Tex. Woman's Univ.
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    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Texas
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    ...clearly established law at a high level of generality." Mullenix, 577 U.S. at 12, 136 S.Ct. 305 (quoting Ashcroft v. al–Kidd, 563 U.S. 731, 741, 131 S.Ct. 2074, 179 L.Ed.2d 1149 (2011) ). Merely referencing a constitutional or statutory right is not sufficient. Rather, a court "must frame t......
  • Hibben v. Oklahoma ex rel. Dep't of Veterans Affairs
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    • U.S. District Court — Northern District of Oklahoma
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    ...was clearly established at the time of the challenged conduct." Wood,134 S.Ct. at 2066-67 (quoting Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, 563 U.S. ___, ___, 131 S.Ct. 2074, 2080, 179 L.Ed. 2d 1149 (2011) (internal quotations omitted); see Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738, 73 L.Ed......
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    • United States
    • Georgetown Law Journal No. 109-2, December 2020
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    ...new restrictions on f‌inding civil liability.”8 1. See, e.g., Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). 2. Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, 563 U.S. 731, 741 (2011) (alteration in original) (quoting Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 640 (1987)). 3. Id. at 743 (quoting Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S......
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    • The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy No. 21-1, January 2023
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