United States Supreme Court

In a dispute concerning the authority of the Court to review a judgment by an appeals court that petitioners were entitled to qualified immunity in a Section 1983 action arising from the warrantless questioning of an alleged 9-year old victim of sexual abuse by petitioners, the Court’s prudential practice of declining to hear appeals by prevailing parties does not bar consideration of the immunized officials' petitions for certiorari.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/26/2011
• Published 05/26/2011

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• KAGAN

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• United States Supreme Court

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