Douglas Gregory v. John J. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• judge’s use of physical force to evict person from courtroom was “simply not an act of a judicial nature”
• “A seemingly impregnable fortress in American Jurisprudence is the absolute immunity of 24 judges from civil liability for acts done by them within their judicial jurisdiction.”
• “A seemingly impregnable fortress in American 8 Jurisprudence is the absolute immunity of judges from civil liability for acts done by them within 9 their judicial jurisdiction.”
• “A seemingly impregnable 22 fortress in American Jurisprudence is the absolute immunity of judges from civil liability for acts 23 done by them within their judicial jurisdiction.”
• finding no immunity where judge assaulted litigant
• finding no immunity where judge assaulted litigant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).