Camreta v. Greene
| Camreta v. Greene | |
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| Argued March 1, 2011 Decided May 26, 2011 | |
| Full case name | Camreta v. Greene |
| Docket no. | 09-1454 |
| Citations | 563 U.S. 692 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| 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. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Plurality | Kagan, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Alito |
| Concurrence | Scalia |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor, joined by Breyer |
| Dissent | Kennedy, joined by Thomas |
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]
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References
- Supreme Court of the United States (May 2011). "Camreta v. Greene (Syllabus)".
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Further reading
- Kerr, Orin S. (2011). "Fourth Amendment Remedies and Development of the Law: A Comment on Camreta v. Greene and Davis v. United States". GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 581.
- Kirkpatrick, Michael T.; Matz, Joshua (2011). "Avoiding Permanent Limbo: Qualified Immunity and the Elaboration of Constitutional Rights from Saucier to Camreta (and Beyond)". Fordham Law Review. 80 (2): 643.
- Kinports, Kit (2012). "Camreta and Al-Kidd: The Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment, and Witnesses". Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology. Forthcoming.
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