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David Schaszberger, et al. v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 13
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 21-2172 · judgment July 20, 2022
Before the decision, about 2.8× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, a Third Circuit decision below, and a petition citing three to ten dissents.
Question presented
Is there a “good faith” defense under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that shields a defendant from damages liability for depriving citizens of their constitutional rights if the defendant acted under color of a state law before this Court held the law was unconstitutional?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brian Kirk Kelsey
Liberty Justice Center
For respondent
Jacob Raffel Karabell
Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.
Case
Subject area
Civil Rights (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, November 14, 2022 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Nov 14 2022Petition DENIED.
- Oct 25 2022DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/10/2022.
- Oct 21 2022Waiver of right of respondent AFSCME Council 13 to respond filed.
- Oct 18 2022Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 21, 2022)