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2011 United States Supreme Court case From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692 (2011), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that in the general case the Court may review a lower court's constitutional ruling at the behest of government officials who have won final judgment on qualified immunity grounds but could not for this case due to details specific to it.[1]
Camreta v. Greene | |
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Argued March 1, 2011 Decided May 26, 2011 | |
Full case name | Bob Camreta v. Sarah Greene, personally and as next friend of S.G., a minor, and K.G., a minor; James Alford, Deputy Sheriff, Deschutes County, Oregon v. Sarah Greene, personally and as next friend of S.G., a minor |
Docket no. | 09-1454 |
Citations | 563 U.S. 692 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2020; 179 L. Ed. 2d 1118; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4016 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Greene v. Camreta, No. 6:05-cv-06047 (D. Or. Mar. 23, 2006), affirmed in part, reversed in part, 588 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 960 (2010). |
Subsequent | On remand, 661 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2011). |
Holding | |
In the general case the Court may review a lower court's constitutional ruling at the behest of government officials who have won final judgment on qualified immunity grounds but could not for this case due to details specific to it. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kagan, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Alito |
Concurrence | Scalia |
Concurrence | Sotomayor, joined by Breyer |
Dissent | Kennedy, joined by Thomas |
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