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Forrester Vs. White
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- US Supreme Court
- Jan 12, 1988
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U.S. 219 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Forrester v. WhiteSearch
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U.S. 219 (1988) Forrester v. WhiteSearch
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decisions are administrative functions for which judges should not be given absolute immunity. In Goodwin v. CircuitSearch
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that avoids unnecessarily extending the scope of the traditional concept of absolute immunity. See, e.g., Scheuer v. RhodesSearch
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Court has been careful not to extend the scope of the protection further than its purposes require. See, e.g., Gravel v. UnitedSearch
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Hutchinson v. ProxmireSearch
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United States v. JohnsonSearch
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filed by a personal aide whom he had fired, unless such immunity was afforded by the Speech or Debate Clause. Davis v. PassmanSearch
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the President of the United States is absolutely immune from damages liability arising from official acts. Nixon v. FitzgeraldSearch
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indiscriminately to the President's personal aides, see Harlow, supra, or to Cabinet level officers, Mitchell v. ForsythSearch
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Nor are the highest executive officials in the States protected by absolute immunity under federal law. See Scheuer v. RhodesSearch
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to establish appellate procedures as the standard system for correcting judicial error. Se e Block, Stump v. SparkmanSearch
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was meant to diminish the traditional common law protections extended to the judicial process. See, e.g., Pierson v. RaySearch
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protections have been held to extend to Executive Branch officials who perform quasi-judicial functions, see Butz v. EconomouSearch
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or intimidation -- has been thought to require absolute immunity even for advocates and witnesses. See Briscoe v. LaHueSearch
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The purposes served by judicial immunity from liability in damages have been variously described. In Bradley v. FisherSearch
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supra, at 80 U. S. 348 , and again in Pierson v. RaySearch
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to imply that an act otherwise within a judge's lawful jurisdiction was deprived of its judicial character. See Stump v. SparkmanSearch
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does not become less judicial by virtue of an allegation of malice or corruption of motive. Bradley v. FisherSearch
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has not been extended to judges acting to promulgate a code of conduct for attorneys. Supreme Court of Virginia v. ConsumersSearch
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be amenable to suit for injunctive and declaratory relief. Id. at 446 U. S. 734 -737. Cf. Pulliam v. AllenSearch
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who make similar discretionary decisions, is unavailable to judges for their employment decisions. See, e.g., Scheuer v. RhodesSearch
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U. S. 183 (1984). Cf. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSearch
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a Bar Code, but we nonetheless concluded that neither function was judicial in nature. See Supreme Court of Virginia v. ConsumersSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Forrester v. WhiteSearch
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In Goodwin v. CircuitSearch
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Gravel v. UnitedSearch
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Debate Clause. Davis v. PassmanSearch
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Mitchell v. ForsythSearch
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See Scheuer v. RhodesSearch
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Block, Stump v. SparkmanSearch
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See Briscoe v. LaHueSearch
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In Bradley v. FisherSearch
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See Stump v. SparkmanSearch
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Supreme Court of Virginia v. ConsumersSearch
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Cf. Pulliam v. AllenSearch
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Cf. Harlow v. FitzgeraldSearch
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See Supreme Court of Virginia v. ConsumersSearch
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United States v. BrewsterSearch
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