Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Bibb
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1988No. 86-4088PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.
The question in this case is when does a judicial decision operate to strip a public official of good faith immunity by becoming “clearly established” law. Although this is a question which is presently subject to a good deal of debate among the courts, we now affirm the district court’s denial of immunity based on the facts of this case.
*350I.
The pertinent facts are not in dispute here. On March 31, 1985, Cleveland police officer Frank Bibb shot William Taylor to death as he was fleeing the scene of a felony. Bibb had just left his house to go to work and had caught…
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