Wilkie v. Robbins

Wilkie v. Robbins
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 19, 2007 Decided June 25, 2007
Full case name	Charles Wilkie, et al., Petitioners v. Harvey Frank Robbins
Citations	551 U.S. 537 (more) 127 S. Ct. 2588; 168 L. Ed. 2d 389; 2007 U.S. LEXIS 8513; 75 U.S.L.W. 4529; 22 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 695; 20 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 443
Holding
Robbins' claims can't be brought under any federal law cause of action. Therefore, he cannot sue the government for retaliation. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reversed.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Souter, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Breyer, Alito; Stevens, Ginsburg (Part III)
Concurrence	Thomas, joined by Scalia
Concur/dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Stevens
Laws applied
RICO Act

Wilkie v. Robbins, 551 U.S. 537 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case that concerned the scope of qualified immunity for government officials working in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Specifically, the Supreme Court held that BLM employees could not be liable for an alleged retaliation claim against Robbins, a farm owner, because other avenues for relief were available. Though these workers may have been tough in negotiations with Robbins over access over his land, none of that rose to the level of a constitutional violation.