HEISKELL Et Al. v. ROBERTS

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• holding that in considering whether judicial immunity barred claim, it was undisputed that Georgia state court judge had subject matter jurisdiction over traffic cases
• addressing, in a case brought by a state court judge, the question of whether a state, superior, or appellate court judge appointed to fill a vacancy qualifies as an “incumbent” entitled to the salary of the judge whom he or she replaced for the remainder of the original judge’s term
• addressing, 10 in a case brought by a state court judge, the question of whether a state, superior, or appellate court judge appointed to fill a vacancy qualifies as an “incumbent” entitled to the salary of the judge whom he or she replaced for the remainder of the original judge’s term
• “a judge is not immune from liability for nonjudicial actions, 1.e., actions not taken in the judge’s judicial capacity’
• Judges are ‘immune from liability in civil actions for acts performed in their judicial capacity.”
• “This doctrine of judicial immunity, which the Supreme Court of the United States has said ‘is as old as the law,’ is essential to the impartial administration of justice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).