MARYLAND

v.

WHITFIELD

Citator

Cited By

• Lawrence v. Acree, 665 F.2d 1319 (D.C. Cir. 1981)
  …do not think that section 1985, any more than section 1983, was intended to abrogate the federal common law of official immunity. See generally Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622, 637, 100 S.Ct. 1398, 1408, 63 L.Ed.2d 673, rehearing denied, 446 U.S. 993, 100 S.Ct. 2979, 64 L.Ed.2d 850 (1980). We think that here, as in a section 1983 case or a federal constitutional tort case, we should start with the assumption that defendants are entitled to at least qualified immunity for acts performed within th…
• Moore v. Morgan, 922 F.2d 1553 (11th Cir. 1991)
  …lified immunity defense. This contention is plainly wrong. Municipal entities are not protected from compensatory damages by the doctrine of qualified immunity. Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622, 100 S.Ct. 1398, 63 L.Ed.2d 673 reh’g denied, 446 U.S. 993, 100 S.Ct. 2979, 64 L.Ed.2d 850 (1980). Thus, the district court mistakenly applied the defense of qualified immunity to Moore’s claims against the commissioners in their official capacities. As to the merits of Moore’s action, we conclude, based o…
• United States ex rel. Monty Powell v. Irving, 684 F.2d 494 (7th Cir. 1982)
  …immunity is available in a given civil rights case is not always clear. Section 1983’s broad language “on its face ‘admits of no immunities,’ ” Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. 622, 634, 100 S.Ct. 1398, 1407, 63 L.Ed.2d 673, rehearing denied, 446 U.S. 993, 100 S.Ct. 2979, 64 L.Ed.2d 850 (1980), quoting Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 417, 96 S.Ct. 984, 988, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976), and the legislative history of its predecessor1 does not suggest any. See Owen v. City of Independence, 445 U.S. at 635-…