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Forrester Vs. White

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jan 12, 1988

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  12. U.S. 219 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Forrester v. White
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  13. U.S. 219 (1988) Forrester v. White
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  14. decisions are administrative functions for which judges should not be given absolute immunity. In Goodwin v. Circuit
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  15. that avoids unnecessarily extending the scope of the traditional concept of absolute immunity. See, e.g., Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  16. Court has been careful not to extend the scope of the protection further than its purposes require. See, e.g., Gravel v. United
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  17. Hutchinson v. Proxmire
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  18. United States v. Johnson
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  19. filed by a personal aide whom he had fired, unless such immunity was afforded by the Speech or Debate Clause. Davis v. Passman
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  20. the President of the United States is absolutely immune from damages liability arising from official acts. Nixon v. Fitzgerald
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  21. indiscriminately to the President's personal aides, see Harlow, supra, or to Cabinet level officers, Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  22. Nor are the highest executive officials in the States protected by absolute immunity under federal law. See Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  23. to establish appellate procedures as the standard system for correcting judicial error. Se e Block, Stump v. Sparkman
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  24. was meant to diminish the traditional common law protections extended to the judicial process. See, e.g., Pierson v. Ray
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  25. protections have been held to extend to Executive Branch officials who perform quasi-judicial functions, see Butz v. Economou
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  26. or intimidation -- has been thought to require absolute immunity even for advocates and witnesses. See Briscoe v. LaHue
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  27. The purposes served by judicial immunity from liability in damages have been variously described. In Bradley v. Fisher
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  28. supra, at 80 U. S. 348 , and again in Pierson v. Ray
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  29. to imply that an act otherwise within a judge's lawful jurisdiction was deprived of its judicial character. See Stump v. Sparkman
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  30. does not become less judicial by virtue of an allegation of malice or corruption of motive. Bradley v. Fisher
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  31. has not been extended to judges acting to promulgate a code of conduct for attorneys. Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers
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  32. be amenable to suit for injunctive and declaratory relief. Id. at 446 U. S. 734 -737. Cf. Pulliam v. Allen
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  33. who make similar discretionary decisions, is unavailable to judges for their employment decisions. See, e.g., Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  34. U. S. 183 (1984). Cf. Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  35. a Bar Code, but we nonetheless concluded that neither function was judicial in nature. See Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers
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  36. U.S. Supreme Court Forrester v. White
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  37. In Goodwin v. Circuit
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  38. Gravel v. United
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  39. Debate Clause. Davis v. Passman
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  40. Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  41. See Scheuer v. Rhodes
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  42. Block, Stump v. Sparkman
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  43. See Briscoe v. LaHue
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  44. In Bradley v. Fisher
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  45. See Stump v. Sparkman
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  46. Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers
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  47. Cf. Pulliam v. Allen
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  48. Cf. Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  49. See Supreme Court of Virginia v. Consumers
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  50. United States v. Brewster
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