· 2/10/1984
Arthur B. Powers v. Glenn E. Coe and Austin J. McGuigan
Citations
- 728 F.2d 97
- 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 25539
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- arguing “[t]he finding in the R&R that the [TAC] adequately pled personal involvement of . . . Spota . . . sets an impractical and unworkable precedent”
- “We believe that a prosecutor must be permitted to work with a grand jury totally free of the threat of civil suit.”
- “We believe that at the heart of the prosecutor’s job is the decision whether to prosecute . . . .”
- “[t]he alleged breach of the agreement not to prosecute, while not technically a plea bargain which would render the prosecutor’s immunity absolute ... is so closely analogous to a plea bargain that we think the same principle of absolute immunity applfies]”
- plea bargaining covered by prosecutorial immunity
- bright lines avoided in prior decisions
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Judges: Oakes, Kearse, Winter
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