Private-practice lawyers and others engaged temporarily by government agencies are entitled to qualified immunity from being sued, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday.
The decision is a relief for lawyers, who feared being exposed to liability for constitutional violations in cases in which the government employees with whom they worked would be immune. The American Bar Association in a brief warned that private-practice attorneys would be “substantially deterred” from taking on government work if immunity was denied for those retained by government.
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