Abell v. Dewey

TAYLOR, Justice.

After granting a petition for rehearing, we are asked to examine whether a government official has qualified immunity from a civil action for deprivation of constitutional rights. Asserting we erroneously decided two issues in Abell v. Dewey, 847 P.2d 36 (Wyo.1993) (reh’g granted 3/16/93), the State of Wyoming and a government official contend that at the time a former employee was dismissed from her position, the law was not “clearly established” that a probationary employee of the executive department of state government would have a constitutionally protected property…