Legal Opinion
Webster Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 8, 1972No. 432, Docket 32537PublishedCited by 324 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEDINA, Circuit Judge:
The decision of the Supreme Court (403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971) ) establishes for the first time since the founding of the Republic the federal common law right of an aggrieved person to sue for damages caused by a violation of the Fourth Amendment guarantee against unreasonable searches and seizui’es. Obeying the mandate of the remand we must now decide the important and highly controversial question whether the acts of these Federal Bureau of Narcotics Agents are clothed with immunity, and, if not, to formulate the standard which judges and juries…
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