Legal Opinion
Kenneth Craig Brady v. Fort Bend County, R. George Molina
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1995No. 94-20057PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Sheriff Molina of Fort Bend County appeals a district court’s denial of his qualified immunity defense to personal liability for his deputy sheriff rehiring decisions. Because qualified immunity is designed to shield from civil liability “all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law,” Malley v. Briggs, 475 U.S. 335, 341, 106 S.Ct. 1092, 1096, 89 L.Ed.2d 271 (1986), this court can affirm that judgment only if convinced that the sheriffs (alleged) actions were patently incompetent or intentionally flouted the law.1 Hence “[f]or executive…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Anderson v. CreightonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Malley v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Pierce v. UnderwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Brady v. Fort Bend CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Jess Burgess and Marilyn Thompkins v. Louis LoweryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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