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Type
Concurrence
Filed
June 25, 2007
Case
Wilkie v. Robbins
Case status
Decided

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Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Scalia joins, concurring. The Court correctly concludes that Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388 (1971), does not supply a cause of action in this case. I therefore join its opinion. I write separately because I would not extend Bivens even if its reasoning logically applied to this case. "Bivens is a relic of the h…

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Other writings in this case

TypeAuthorFiled
Opinion David Hackett Souter June 25, 2007
Opinion of the Court Not attributed June 25, 2007
Concurrence in part Not attributed June 25, 2007