Don Blankenship v. Joe Manchin, Iii, in His Individual Capacity and in His Official Capacity as Governor of the State of West Virginia

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 2006-12-20

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Affirmed by published opinion. Judge GREGORY wrote the opinion, in which *525 Judge SPENCER joined. Chief Judge WILKINS wrote a separate opinion concurring in the judgment. OPINION GREGORY, Circuit Judge. This appeal requires us to determine whether a sitting governor is entitled to qualified immunity for allegedly threatening a pol…

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