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Buckley Vs. Fitzsimmons

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Feb 22, 1993

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  1. Tower Vs. Glover US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1984
  2. Malley Vs. Briggs US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1986
  3. Butz Vs. Economou US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1978
  4. Harlow Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  5. Forrester Vs. White US Supreme Court · Jan 12, 1988
  6. imbler Vs. Pachtman US Supreme Court · Nov 03, 1975
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  7. Pierson Vs. Ray US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  8. Mooney Vs. Holohan US Supreme Court · Jan 21, 1935
  9. Cleavinger Vs. Saxner US Supreme Court · Dec 10, 1985
  10. U.S. 259 (1993) October Term, 1992 Syllabus Buckley V. Fitzsimmons
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  11. the constitutional wrong is complete before the case begins. On remand from this Court, it found that nothing in Burns v. Reed
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  12. do is determined by the nature of the function performed, not the identity of the actor who performed it, Forrester v. White
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  13. Imbler v. Pacht
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  14. the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that the prosecutors had absolute immunity on both claims. Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  15. extent of immunity depended on the nature of those claims. The court reasoned that, because claims based on Miranda v. Arizona
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  16. vacated the judgment, and remanded the case for further proceedings in light of our intervening decision in Burns v. Reed
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  17. the District Court, see id., at 45-47, and held that those actions were protected by absolute immunity. Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  18. who, acting under color of state law, commits the prohibited acts. In Tenney v. Brandhove
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  19. them. Pierson v. Ray
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  20. U. S. 547 , 554-555 (1967). See also Newport v. Fact
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  21. Most public officials are entitled only to qualified immunity. Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  22. Burns v. Reed
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  23. Antoine v. Byers
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  24. in recognizing absolute immunity for state actors in this context. Forrester v. White
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  25. in determining whether the functions of contemporary prosecutors are entitled to absolute immunity. In Imbler v. Pachtman
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  26. which would not. Id., at 431, and n.33. We applied the Imbler analysis two Terms ago in Burns v. Reed
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  27. for executive officers, Malley v. Briggs
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  28. U. S., at 340, quoting Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  29. Hampton v. Chicago
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  30. of action with the question whether the defendant is entitled to absolute immunity for his actions. 6 Cf. Burns v. Reed
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  31. testimony, of course, they would not be entitled to anything more than qualified immunity. 7 See Imbler v. Pachtman
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  32. Flint v. Pike
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  33. Judicial Proceedings, 9 Colum. L. Rev. 463, 489 (1909) (footnotes omitted). See, e. g., Viosca v. Landfried
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  34. Youmans v. Smith
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  35. U. S., at 491, quoting Imbler v. Pachtman
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  36. that have addressed this issue have applied only qualified immunity to press statements, see, e. g., Powers v. Coe
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  37. Marrero v. Hialeah
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  38. Gobel v. Mari-
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  39. England v. Hendricks
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  40. Marx v. Gumbinner
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  41. cf. Rose v. Bartle
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  42. at trial, see ante, at 267, n. 3-acts which might state a claim for denial of due process, see, e. g., Mooney v. Holohan
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  43. use in a fashion that deprives someone of a fair trial or otherwise harms him, violates the Constitution. See Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  44. their origin in historical practice and have resulted in a functional approach. Ante, at 267-268. See also Burns v. Reed
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  45. Syllabus Buckley V. Fitzsimmons
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  46. Miranda v. Arizona
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  47. In Tenney v. Brandhove
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  48. Newport v. Fact
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  49. In Imbler v. Pachtman
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  50. Cf. Burns v. Reed
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