...rights. By a 5-4 vote, the Court further ruled that a school board member may be personally liable for damages "if he knew or reasonably should have known...would violate the constitutional rights of the student effected, or if he took the action with the malicious intention to cause a deprivation of constitutional...

...discipline, we hold that a school board member is not immune from liability for damages under f 1983 if he knew or reasonably should have known that the...official responsibility would violate the constitutional righta of the student affected, or if he took the action with the malicioua intention to cause a deprivation...

...capacity for invading the plaintiff's constitutional rights, but that the official would be liable "only if he knew or reasonably should have known that the action he took within the sphere of his official responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the student affected,...

...adjudicating official must act without malice. But the inquiry does not end there. He can be held liable for damages if he knew or reasonably should have known that the action he took would violate the constitutional rights of the party affected. ... . We therefore hold that in § l983...

...objective and subjective elements, we have held that qualified immunity would be defeated if an official "knew or reasonably should have known that the action...responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the [planitiff], or if he took the action with malicious intention to cause a deprivation of constitutional...

...student. The Court held that: a school official is not immune from liability for damages under S. 1983 if he knew or reasonably should have known that the action he took ... would violate the constitutional rights of the student affected, £r if he took the action with...

...insubstantial claims without resort to trial. "• * [Qlualified immunity would be defeated if an official 'knew or reasonably should have known that the action...responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the plaintiff • • •• . "• * [G]overnment officials performing discretionary functions generally...

...USC § 1983, Wood v. Strickland, US . Under that decision, the relevant question is whether O'Connor "knew or reasonably should have known that the action...responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of [Donaldson], or if he took the action with the malicious intention to cause a deprivation of constitutional...

...good-faith immunity, establishing that a public servant is immune from personal damages liability unless "he knew or reasonably should have known that the...responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the [individual] affected, or if he took the action with the malicious intention to cause a deprivation...

...decision another important statement is made: ...qualified immunity would be defeated if an official knew or reasonably should have known that the action...responsibility would violate the constitutional rights of the (plaintiff), or if he took the action with the malicious intention to cause a deprivation of constitutional...