Exam 11: Accountability Through Liability

State immunity occurs because:

Official immunity gives public officials ________ immunity for the performance of________ acts.

The public duty doctrine was created in the Federal Tort Claims Act.

In a regulatory takings case,the property owner must demonstrate that the regulation denies the property owner all economically viable use of his or her land.

Administrative law judges are entitled to absolute immunity when making statementsduring administrative proceedings.

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure,a motion for dismissal may be grantedwhen no genuine issue of material facts exists and a party is entitled to judgment as amatter of law.

An administrative law judge is entitled to ____ immunity for statements made during administrative proceedings.

Which of the following is not afforded immunity?

A witness testifying at trial who commits perjury enjoys:

States may not sue under § 1983 unless under a:

Color of law means legal,authorized,or required by the law.

The plaintiff has a right to have a jury decide injunctive relief claims in § 1983 cases.

Awards for pain and suffering would be through:

Inmates can bring an action under § 1983 against private prison officials to enforceFourteenth Amendment due process rights and the Eighth Amendment prohibition of_____ punishments through injunctive relief.

When the government institutes regulations that prohibit a property owner from using his or her property as he or she intended,the property owner can argue that the government action constitutes a _____ taking.

One is subject to § 1983 only if acting under _____ of state law.

The most common form of privatization involves the jettisoning of a service by agovernment body or agency,with said service then taken on completely by privateindustry.

A professional football player is suspended by the league for one game for statementsthat the player made against the league's commissioner.The league,a private entity,hasviolated the player's First Amendment rights.

Qualified immunity is:

Under the Federal Tort Claims Act,law enforcement officers are currentlyimmunized against: