Case Categories: Qualified Immunity
- Hoggard v. Rhodes (2021)
Justice Clarence Thomas argued against granting qualified immunity to university officials in a free speech case, but the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take it...
- Hunter v. Bryant (1991)
"True threats" are not protected by the First Amendment. Hunter v. Bryant (1991) upheld the warrantless arrest of a man who made a supposed threat against the...
- Morse v. Frederick (2007)
In Morse v. Frederick, the Supreme Court ruled it is not a denial of First Amendment rights for school officials to censor student speech they believe...
- Pearson v. Callahan (2009)
Pearson v. Callahan (2009) involved a Fourth Amendment search and seizure issue but has had a profound impact on much subsequent First Amendment litigation...
- Reichle v. Howards (2012)
In Reichle v. Howards (2012), the Court said there was not a First Amendment right to be free from a retaliatory arrest that is supported by probable cause...
- Wood v. Moss (2014)
Wood v. Moss (2014)said Secret Service agents who removed protestors were entitled to qualified immunity after the protestors claimed their First Amendment...
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