Anthony Giaccone v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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• holding that federal court judges are absolutely immune from suit
• noting that Federal judges are entitled 8 to absolute judicial immunity
• labeling permissible conduct as criminal does not deprive a judge of jurisdiction for immunity purposes
• emphasizing \that independence without which no judiciary can either be respectful or useful\
• immunizing a trial court judge's decision to disbar an attorney for personal insults because the power to disbar was \possessed by all courts which have authority to admit attorneys to practice\
• interpreting 19 and enforcing state bar disciplinary rules are “judicial” functions

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