Opinion · District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Sims v. Morton
43 L. Ed. 2d 790
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Date
- 1975-04-14
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- compensatory damages under § 1983 appropriate only if defendant acted with such impermissible motivation or disregard for established rights that action “cannot reasonably be characterized as being in good faith”
- Actions taken by school officials in good faith fulfillment of their responsibilities and within the bounds of reason under all the circumstances are covered by good faith immunity.
- qualified immunity to school administrators and school board members
- escaped prisoner can lose right to appeal
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 66 opinions
Motion for leave to file petition for writ of prohibition denied.