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· 5/19/1980

Charles Ashbrook and Master Chef, Inc. v. Harlan Hoffman

Citations

  • 617 F.2d 474

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • extending quasi-judicial immunity to court administrator who released information at judge’s order
  • commissioners, appointed by the court to conduct a partition sale, held absolutely immune for conduct in handling sale and distributing proceeds of sale
  • commissioners, appointed by the court to conduct a partition sale, held absolutely immune for conduct in handling sale and distributing proceeds of sale
  • attorneys appointed by court as \partition commissioners\ to help divide jointly-owned restaurant after divorce proceeding were immune from suit
  • quasi-judicial absolute immunity was proper for court-appointed commissioners charged with partitioning property in the wake of a divorce
  • “friend of the court” in family court proceedings

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Judges: Sprecher, Tone, Wood

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