Camreta v. Greene
2011 United States Supreme Court case
Camreta v. Greene, 563 U.S. 692 (2011), was a case of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the appealability cases resolved on immunity grounds.
In the underlying action, the Ninth Circuit had ruled that government officials had performed an unconstitutional seizure on a schoolchild, but the doctrine of qualified immunity protected the officials from a civil suit over the conduct. Consequently, the officials had formally won their suit. Although statute authorized the Supreme Court to accept appeals from any party, the Court had long eschewed appeals from prevailing parties, in part because such appeals typically regarded dicta. It was thus unclear whether the government officials could appeal and challenge the Ninth Circuit's ruling that the underlying seizure was unconstitutional.
In Camreta v. Greene, the Supreme Court held that government officials could appeal the underlying constitutional ruling in a case decided on qualified immunity grounds. Per the opinion of the court, the underlying constitutional rulings had substantial prospective effect, determining whether the challenged conduct might recur. Thus they were not dicta.
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