{"id":16860,"date":"2018-07-08T20:43:21","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T20:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16860"},"modified":"2018-07-08T20:57:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T20:57:35","slug":"malice-exception-a-limit-on-public-officials-qualified-immunity-whereby-they-can-face-civil-liability-for-willfully-exercising-discretion-in-a-way-that-violates-a-known-or-well-established-right","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16860","title":{"rendered":"malice exception – a limit on public officials’ qualified immunity, whereby they can face civil liability for willfully exercising discretion in a way that violates a known or well-established right"},"content":{"rendered":"

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malice exception<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1977)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A limitation on public official’s qualified immunity<\/a>, by which the official can face civil liability<\/a> for willfully exercising discretion in a way that violates a known or well-established right.<\/strong>\u00a0[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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qualified immunity<\/span><\/a> – a public official’s immunity from civil liability<\/a> when performing a discretionary function, as long as the conduct does not violate a clearly established constitutional or statutory right.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 aka prima facie privilege<\/span><\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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