Johnson v. Jones
- Decided
- June 12, 1995
- Docket
- 94-455
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that the existence of genuine issues of material facts render not appealable a pre-trial denial of summary judgment on the issue of qualified immunity — John Louis Lalonde v. County of Riverside, Robert Moquin, and Jason Horton, Opinion (2000)
- holding that although interlocutory appeal is allowed from the denial of qualified immunity, questions of evidentiary sufficiency are not collaterally appealable — (untitled) (2003)
- holding that a determination of whether a triable issue of fact exists in the pretrial record is not immediately appealable — Allison v. Department Of Corrections (1996)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
[*307] Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case concerns government officials — entitled to assert a qualified immunity defense in a “constitutional tort” action — who seek an immediate appeal of a district court order denying their motions for summary judgment. The order in question resolved a/aci-related dispute about the pretrial record, namely, whether or not the evidence in the pretrial record was sufficient to show a genuine issue of fact for trial. We hold that the defendants cannot immediately appeal this kind of fact-related district court determination. And, we affirm the similar holding of the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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Johnson v. Jones, 515 U.S. 304 (1995)Read the full opinion
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