Sanborn v. Wolfel, 458 U.S. 1102

C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari granted, ‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‍judgment vacated, and case remanded for further consideration in light of Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U. ‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‍S. 800 (1982). See Butz v. Economou, 438 U. S. 478, 504 (1978) (deeming it “untenable to ‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‍draw a distinction for purposes of immunity law between suits brought against ‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‍state officials under [42 U. S. C.] § 1983 and suits brought directly ‍‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‍under the Constitution against federal officials”).

Case Details

Case Name: Sanborn v. Wolfel

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States

Date Published: Jun 28, 1982

Citations: 458 U.S. 1102; 102 S. Ct. 3476; 73 L. Ed. 2d 1363; 50 U.S.L.W. 3998; 1982 U.S. LEXIS 2771; No. 81-1580

Docket Number: No. 81-1580

Court Abbreviation: U.S.