malice exception

malice exception. A limitation on a public official’s qualified immunity, by which the official can face civil liability for willfully exercising discretion in a way that violates a known or well-established right. See qualified immunity under IMMUNITY(1). [Cases: Civil Rights 1376. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 143–144, 146, 157, 160.]

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