Legal Opinion
Moore, William v. Hartman, Michael
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 9, 2004No. 03-5241PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Qualified immunity generally shields public officials from civil damages “insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.” Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818, 102 S.Ct. 2727, 2738, 73 L.Ed.2d 396 (1982). In this case, appellee William G. Moore, Jr., claims that government officials — in particular six postal inspectors — pursued criminal charges against him in retaliation for his political activities. The postal inspectors…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Hartman v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Moore v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2009
- Wilbur Barnes v. Tony WrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Beck v. City of UplandCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Barham, Jeffrey v. Ramsey, Charles H.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
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