Legal Opinion
Adeline Lennon v. Chief William P. Miller, the City of Troy, Patrolman Donald J. Backaus, and Patrolman Peter Gordon
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 12, 1995No. 19-3335PublishedCited by 677 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
We review a judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., Judge), denying appellants’ motion for summary judgment on grounds of qualified immunity. The question presented is whether the appellants are entitled to summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds under the “objective reasonableness” standard stated in Anderson v. Creighton, 483 U.S. 635, 107 S.Ct. 3034, 97 L.Ed.2d 523 (1987). In Anderson, the Supreme Court held that a government actor enjoys qualified immunity if, at the time of the…
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