U.S. Supreme Court holds public officials found immune may appeal appellate court’s decision that their conduct was unconstitutional; but issue is moot in this case
In a 7-2 split, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that government officials who prevail on grounds of qualified immunity may obtain the Supreme Court’s review of a court of appeals’ decision that their conduct violated the Constitution. However, it did not reach the question of whether U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (CA, OR, WA, AZ, MT, ID, NV, AK, HI, GU, MP) correctly determined that an interview of a minor at school by a government official without benefit of a warrant breached the Fourth Amendment, finding that in this case the question was moot.
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