Blanton v. Barrick

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, 21 although violation of the statute governing disqualification of county attorneys may also violate the ABA Standards, it did not warrant complete abrogation of judicial immunity
• holding a prosecutor has absolute immunity for initiating a prosecution
• “Clearly, as previously stated, prosecutors performing their official duties are quasi-judicial officials, not non-judicial functionaries and should be able to vigorously proceed with their tasks unhampered by the fear of unlimited civil litigation.”
• prosecutor’s immunity for acts done in his official capacity
• prosecutor's immunity for acts done in his official capacity

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