Supreme Court· 1/12/1988
Forrester v. White
Citations
- 484 U.S. 219
- 108 S. Ct. 538
- 98 L. Ed. 2d 555
- 1988 U.S. LEXIS 308
- 56 U.S.L.W. 4067
- 45 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 37,627
- 45 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1112
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that judges do not enjoy absolute immunity when performing administrative, legislative, or executive functions
- holding that judges do not enjoy absolute immunity when performing administrative, legislative, or executive functions
- holding that a state judge’s dismissal of a subordinate court employee is not a judicial act entitled to absolute immunity
- holding that judge acted in administrative capacity when he demoted and dismissed probation officer and, therefore, was not entitled to absolute immunity
- holding that judge acted in administrative capacity when he demoted and dismissed probation officer and, therefore, was not entitled to absolute immunity
- holding that “the nature of the function performed, not the identity of the actor who performed it,” informs the absolute immunity analysis
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: O'Connor, Rehnquist, Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens, Scalia, Blackmun
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