What is the test for qualified immunity in the context of civil litigation?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from White Plains Towing Corp. v. Patterson, 991 F.2d 1049 (2nd Cir. 1993):
The doctrine of qualified immunity shields state officials from liability for damages if their actions did not violate "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known," Harlow v. Fitzgerald,
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