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Ninth Circuit's One-Interlocutory-Appeal Rule Overturned

The U.S. Supreme Court held that denial of summary judgment based on
qualified immunity was an appealable "final decision" despite a prior
appeal on the same grounds.

Respondent, Robert J. Pelletier, brought an action under Bivens v. Six
Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d ...

 

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