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Pierson Vs. Ray

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Apr 11, 1967

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  1. Monroe Vs. Pape US Supreme Court · Feb 20, 1961
  2. Bradley Vs. Fisher US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1871
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  3. Tenney Vs. Brandhove US Supreme Court · May 21, 1951
  4. Randall Vs. Brigham US Supreme Court · Jan 01, 1868
  5. U.S. 547 (1967) U.S. Supreme Court Pierson v. Ray
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  6. U.S. 547 (1967) Pierson v. Ray
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  7. of the Mississippi Code, which this Court, in 1965, held unconstitutional in Thomas v. Mississippi
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  8. valid, since they were not required to predict what laws are constitutional, but that, by virtue of Monroe v. Pape
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  9. Cf. Tenney v. Brandhove
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  10. Pp. 386 U. S. 555 -557. 3. Though the officers were not required to predict this Court's ruling in Thomas v. Mississippi
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  11. of the Mississippi Code was held unconstitutional as applied to similar facts in Thomas v. Mississippi
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  12. arrest under a state statute not yet held invalid. The court believed that this stern result was required by Monroe v. Pape
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  13. acts committed within their judicial jurisdiction, as this Court recognized when it adopted the doctrine in Bradley v. Fisher
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  14. Scott v. Stansfield
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  15. L.R. 3 Ex. 220, 223 (1868), quoted in Bradley v. Fisher
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  16. indication that Congress meant to abolish wholesale all common law immunities. Accordingly, this Court held in Tenney v. Brandhove
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  17. Ward v. Fidelity
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  18. except that it felt compelled to hold otherwise by our decision in Monroe v. Pape
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  19. U.S. Page 386 U. S. 556 167 (1961). Monroe v. Pape
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  20. of the common law count on the theory that the police officers were not required to predict our decision in Thomas v. Mississippi
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  21. Together with No. 94, Ray et al. v. Pierson
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  22. because they feared that onlookers might breach the peace. We reversed without argument or opinion, citing Boynton v. Virginia
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  23. Since our decision in Tenney v. Brandhove
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  24. See Bauers v. Heisel
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  25. Miller v. Stinnett
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  26. See Golden v. Thompson
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  27. every person, not every person except judges. Despite the plain import of those words, the Court decided in Tenney v. Brandhove
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  28. Gregoire v. Biddle
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  29. between the Page 386 U. S. 565 branches of the Federal Government and those of the States. See Baker v. Carr
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  30. terms of the power of Congress, I can see no difference between imposing liability on a state police officer ( Monroe v. Pape
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  31. Dawkins v. Lord
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  32. The plight of the oppressed is indeed serious. Under City of Greenwood v. Peacock
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  33. The opinion in Ex parte Virginia, supra, did not mention Bradley v. Fisher
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  34. Because the judges were the personal delegates of the King, they should be answerable to him alone. Randall v. Brigham
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  35. U.S. Supreme Court Pierson v. Ray
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  36. Thomas v. Mississippi
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  37. of Monroe v. Pape
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  38. Boynton v. Virginia
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  39. of the States. See Baker v. Carr
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  40. Under City of Greenwood v. Peacock
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