Sherwood v. Mulvihill

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 1997-01-15

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SLOVITER, Chief Judge, dissenting. I am unable to join the decision of the majority affirming the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the defendants based on qualified immunity. I believe the question before us is not, as the majority states at the outset, one arising out of the fallout from the drug scourge, but is instead whether zealous law enforcement agents should be immune from civil liability…

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