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Williams v. Consovoy

Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.

Declined by some courts
Court
Third Circuit
Citation
453 F.3d 173
Decided
Confirmed treatments
1
Flagged citations read
34 of 34
Citing cases (total)
34
Treatment dates
2023
Declined by some courts
At least one reviewed court has declined to follow this case. No reviewed court has overruled it. Williams v. Consovoy remains binding Third Circuit precedent, but the Ninth Circuit declined to follow its absolute immunity rule for psychologists who evaluate parole applicants. Later Third Circuit opinions continue to apply Williams's separate rule that a damages claim challenging an uninvalidated parole revocation is barred.
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34 later cases cite Williams v. Consovoy; 34 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.

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Treatments

Declined to follow

  • The Ninth Circuit rejected Williams's approach to absolute immunity for psychologists preparing evaluations for parole boards.

    Gay v. Parsons · Ninth Circuit · filed

    In holding that the Board psychologists are not entitled to absolute immunity, we part ways with the Third Circuit in Williams v. Consovoy, 453 F.3d 173 (3d Cir. 2006).
    Read the full opinion on CourtListener →

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