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Ferri Vs. Ackerman

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 04, 1979

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  1. Pierson Vs. Ray US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  2. Tenney Vs. Brandhove US Supreme Court · May 21, 1951
  3. Howard Vs. Lyons US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1959
  4. Spalding Vs. Vilas US Supreme Court · Mar 02, 1896
  5. Butz Vs. Economou US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1978
  6. U.S. 193 (1979) U.S. Supreme Court Ferri v. Ackerman
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  7. U.S. 193 (1979) Ferri v. Ackerman
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  8. judge, or naval captain, we also conclude that the federal officer immunity doctrine explicated in cases like Howard v. Lyons
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  9. U. S. 593 , and Butz v. Economou
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  10. United States v. Ferri
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  11. Reese v. Danforth
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  12. we are required to look to the federal law to determine whether it exists and if it does, its nature and scope. Howard v. Lyons
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  13. U. S. 593 . . . (1959). See also Carter v. Carlson
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  14. Chandler v. O'Bryan
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  15. Garner v. Rathburn
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  16. F.2d 55, 56 (10th Cir.1965). As noted by the United States Supreme Court in Howard v. Lyons
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  17. Cf. Walker v. Kruse
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  18. See Reese v. Danforth
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  19. interest in defining the defenses to that claim, including the defense of immunity. See, e.g., Lake Country Estates v. Tahoe
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  20. Imler v. Pachtman
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  21. lead to a high risk of retaliatory lawsuits, the same fear that underlies immunity for judges and prosecutors. Butz v. Economou
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  22. This comports with the view of the Court expressed by Mr. Justice Black in Cammer v. United
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  23. As Mr. Justice Harlan wrote in his opinion in Barr v. Matteo
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  24. Grere v. Biddle
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  25. immune from other kinds of tort suits, such as a defamation action brought by someone other than his client. Cf. Butz v. Economou
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  26. U.S. Supreme Court Ferri v. Ackerman
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  27. and Butz v. Economou
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  28. Carter v. Carlson
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  29. Lake Country Estates v. Tahoe
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  30. Cammer v. United
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  31. Cf. Butz v. Economou
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  32. Kendall v. Stokes
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  33. Barr v. Matteo
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