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Qualified Immunity Doctrine

The evolution and application of qualified immunity in the US, particularly after the Harlow v. Fitzgerald ruling in 1982.

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Jan 13, 2026
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What Supreme Court case changed qualified immunity doctrine and when was it decided?

The Supreme Court’s most consequential doctrinal shift for modern qualified immunity came in Harlow v. Fitzgerald, decided in 1982, where the Court reframed qualified immunity around an objective “cle...