qualified immunity

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qualified immunity (uncountable)

  1. (law, US) A doctrine protecting some government officials from suit if no prior court decision had declared similar conduct to be actionable, or if they acted in good faith.
    • 1982 Harlow v. Fitzgerald 457 U.S. 800
      It is no disparagement of the offices held by petitioners to hold that Presidential aides, like Members of the Cabinet, generally are entitled only to a qualified immunity.
    • 2020 May 8, “Shielded”, in Reuters:
      Erma Aldaba sought to hold police liable for her son’s deadly encounter with police, but qualified immunity ended her lawsuit before it could even get to trial.

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