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...