Camreta v. Greene

Camreta v. Greene
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 1, 2011
Decided May 26, 2011
Full case nameBob Camreta v. Sarah Greene, personally and as next friend of S.G., a minor, and K.G., a minor; James Alford, Deputy Sheriff, Deschutes County, Oregon v. Sarah Greene, personally and as next friend of S.G., a minor
Docket no.09-1454
Citations563 U.S. 692 (more)
131 S. Ct. 2020; 179 L. Ed. 2d 1118; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4016
ArgumentOral argument
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Case history
PriorGreene v. Camreta, No. 6:05-cv-06047 (D. Or. Mar. 23, 2006), affirmed in part, reversed in part, 588 F.3d 1011 (9th Cir. 2009); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 960 (2010).
SubsequentOn remand, 661 F.3d 1201 (9th Cir. 2011).
Holding
In the general case the Court may review a lower court's constitutional ruling at the behest of government officials who have won final judgment on qualified immunity grounds but could not for this case due to details specific to it.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityKagan, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Ginsburg, Alito
ConcurrenceScalia
ConcurrenceSotomayor, joined by Breyer
DissentKennedy, joined by Thomas

Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692 (2011), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that in the general case the Court may review a lower court's constitutional ruling at the behest of government officials who have won final judgment on qualified immunity grounds but could not for this case due to details specific to it.[1]

  1. ^ Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692, 697 (2011) ("This Court generally may review a lower court's constitutional ruling at the behest of a government official granted immunity. But we may not do so in this case for reasons peculiar to it.")