Harlow supplies the modern objective clearly-established framework. This corrects attribution of that formulation to Pierson.
government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate “clearly established” statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.
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Harlow supplies the modern objective clearly-established framework. This corrects attribution of that formulation to Pierson.