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]
Quick Facts Argued March 1, 2011 Decided May 26, 2011, Full case name ...
| Camreta v. Greene |
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| Full case name | Bob Camreta v. Sarah Greene, personally and as next friend of S.G., a minor, and K.G., a minor; James Alford, Deputy Sheriff, Deschutes County, Oregon v. Sarah Greene, personally and as next friend of S.G., a minor |
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| Docket no. | 09-1454 |
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| Citations | 563 U.S. 692 (more) |
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| Argument | Oral argument |
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| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
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| Prior | Greene v. Camreta, No. 6:05-cv-06047 (D. Or. Mar. 23, 2006), affirmed in part, reversed in part, 588 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 960 (2010). |
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| Subsequent | On remand, 661 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2011). |
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| 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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- Chief Justice
- John Roberts
- Associate Justices
- Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
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| Majority | Kagan, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Alito |
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| Concurrence | Scalia |
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| Concurrence | Sotomayor, joined by Breyer |
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| Dissent | Kennedy, joined by Thomas |
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