What is qualified immunity and what is the effect of qualified immunity?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cowles v. Davison, 855 F.2d 860 (9th Cir. 1988):
Qualified immunity constitutes an immunity from suit which "is effectively lost if a case is erroneously permitted to go to trial." Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 526 (1985). Viewing the officers' actions from an objective standard, on the evidence before appellees at the time of arrest it was reasonable to conclude that probable cause existed. The officers are immune from suit for damages caused by their reasonable discretionary actions taken to safeguard the children.
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