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Mitchell Vs. Forsyth

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 19, 1985

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  3. imbler Vs. Pachtman US Supreme Court · Nov 03, 1975
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  4. Tenney Vs. Brandhove US Supreme Court · May 21, 1951
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  6. Nixon Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  7. Briscoe Vs. Lahue US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1983
  8. Dombrowski Vs. Eastland US Supreme Court · May 15, 1967
  9. Harlow Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  10. Pierson Vs. Ray US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  11. U.S. 511 (1985) U.S. Supreme Court Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  12. U.S. 511 (1985) Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  13. intercepted three conversations between a member of the group and respondent. Thereafter, this Court in United States v. United
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  14. his authorization of the wiretap in question notwithstanding his actions violated the Fourth Amendment. Under Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  15. s finding that petitioner is not immune from suit for his actions under the qualified immunity standard of Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  16. wiretaps Page 472 U. S. 515 in cases involving domestic threats to the national security. United States v. United
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  17. in 1970 and that he was entitled either to absolute prosecutorial immunity from suit under the rule of Imbler v. Pachtman
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  18. immunity under the doctrine of Wood v. Strickland
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  19. of the wiretap constituted the performance of an investigative rather than prosecutorial function. Forsyth v. Kleindienst
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  20. and thus within the scope of the absolute immunity recognized in Imbler v. Pachtman
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  21. Forsyth v. Kleindienst
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  22. Page 472 U. S. 517 At the same time, the court reconsidered its ruling on qualified immunity in light of Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  23. decision was merely a logical extension of general Fourth Amendment principles and in particular of the ruling in Katz v. United
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  24. for summary judgment on the issue of liability, and scheduled further proceedings on the issue of damages. Forsyth v. Kleindienst
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  25. s argument that the national security functions of the Attorney General entitled him to absolute immunity under Imbler v. Pachtman
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  26. Court of Appeals held that the District Court's order was not appealable under the collateral order doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial
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  27. exercise of his national security functions is an important one that we have hitherto left unanswered. See Halperin v. Kissinger
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  28. the issue of the appealability before final judgment of orders denying immunity under the objective standard of Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  29. s actions violated clearly established law is contrary to the rulings of the District of Columbia Circuit in Sinclair v. Kleindienst
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  30. U.S.App.D.C. 155, 645 F.2d 1080 (1981), and Zweibon v. Mitchell
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  31. from scrutiny in civil damages actions by an absolute immunity similar to that afforded the President, see Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  32. functions, see Briscoe v. LaHue
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  33. U. S. 409 (1976), and legislators, see Dombrowski v. Eastland
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  34. the United States do not demand a similar immunity for Cabinet officers or other high executive officials. See Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  35. s position within the Executive Branch, but on the nature of the functions he was performing in this case. See Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  36. for a historical or common law basis for the immunity in question. The legislative immunity recognized in Tenney v. Brandhove
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  37. for judges, prosecutors, and witnesses established by our cases have firm roots in the common law. See Briscoe v. LaHue
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  38. or witnesses and will bring suit against them in an effort to relitigate the underlying conflict. See Bradley v. Fisher
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  39. to prevent abuses of authority from going unredressed. Legislators are accountable to their constituents, see Tenney v. Brandhove
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  40. of litigants with frivolous and vexatious complaints. Under the standard of qualified immunity articulated in Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  41. Gillespie v. United
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  42. Cohen v. Beneficial
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  43. United States v. Hollywood
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  44. the court's decision appealable, for such a right cannot be effectively vindicated after the trial has occurred. Abney v. United
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  45. immunity is its possessor's entitlement not to have to answer for his conduct in a civil damages action. See Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  46. Helstoski v. Meanor
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  47. trial under certain circumstances. The conception animating the qualified immunity doctrine as set forth in Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  48. Id. at 457 U. S. 819 , quoting Pierson v. Ray
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  49. U. S. 547 , 386 U. S. 554 (1967). As the citation to Page 472 U. S. 526 Pierson v. Ray
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  50. Coopers & Lybrand v. Livesay
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