Wyatt v. Cole

Wyatt v. Cole
Wyatt v. Cole
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 1992; Decided May 18, 1992
Full case name	Wyatt v. Cole
Citations	504 U.S. 158 (more)
Holding
	Private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.
Court membership
	Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun; John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor; Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy; David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	O'Connor, joined by White, Blackmun, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy
Concurrence	Kennedy, joined by Scalia
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Souter, Thomas

Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992).
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Immunity From Suit". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 239.

External links

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[case-1] Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S. 158 (1992).

[Lieberman1999-2] Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Immunity From Suit". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 239.

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