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Ortiz v. Jordan, No. 09-737 (U.S. Supreme Court) (562 U.S. 180; 131 S.Ct. 884) (January 24, 2011) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on Feb. 7, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists February 07, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Waiver of Rights.

Here, in a mundane procedural ruling, a unanimous Court held that prison officials who were defendants in a civil rights lawsuit may not appeal an order denying summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds once there has been a full trial on merits.

The highly technical procedural issue in this case ...

 

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