Wyatt v. Cole

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{{Infobox SCOTUS case

|Litigants=Wyatt v. Cole

|ArgueDate=January 14

|ArgueYear=1992

|DecideDate=May 18

|DecideYear=1992

|FullName=

|USVol=504

|USPage=158

|Docket=

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|Prior=

|Subsequent=

|Holding=Private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.

|Majority=O'Connor

|JoinMajority=White, Blackmun, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy

|Concurrence=Kennedy

|JoinConcurrence=Scalia

|Dissent=Rehnquist

|JoinDissent=Souter, Thomas

|LawsApplied=

}}

Wyatt v. Cole, {{ussc|volume=504|page=158|year=1992|el=no}}, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that private citizens are not entitled to qualified immunity from Section 1983 suits over misusing an unconstitutional public process merely because they presumed the process was constitutional.{{ussc|name=Wyatt v. Cole|volume=504|page=158|year=1992}}.{{Cite book |last=Lieberman |first=Jethro K. |title=A Practical Companion to the Constitution |year=1999 |pages=239|chapter=Immunity From Suit}}