Behrens v. Pelletier
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| Behrens v. Pelletier | ||||||||||
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| Argued November 7, 1995 Decided February 21, 1996 |
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| A defendant's immediate appeal of an unfavorable qualified-immunity ruling on a motion to dismiss does not deprive the court of appeals of jurisdiction over a second appeal, also based on qualified immunity, immediately following denial of summary judgment. | ||||||||||
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| Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer |
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| Majority by: Scalia Joined by: Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas and Ginsburg Dissent by: Breyer Joined by: Stevens |
Behrens v. Pelletier, was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court held a defendant's immediate appeal of an unfavorable qualified immunity ruling on a motion to dismiss does not deprive the court of appeals of jurisdiction over a second appeal, also based on qualified immunity, immediately following denial of summary judgment.
[edit] See also
List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 516
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