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· 7/7/1997

James E. Tucker v. Marilyn Outwater, and the County of Jefferson

Citations

  • 118 F.3d 930
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 16492

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The cloak of immunity is not pierced by allegations of bad faith or malice, even though unfairness and injustice to a litigant may result on occasion.”
  • “The cloak of [judicial] immunity is not pierced by allegations of bad faith or malice.”
  • judicial immunity bars claims against judge acting in “judicial capacity” unless he or she “acted in the clear absence of all jurisdiction”
  • “[T]his court takes judicial notice of the fact that Jefferson County and Yates County do not adjoin and, in fact, are separated by over 100 miles and several large lakes.”
  • concerning the application of judicial immunity

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Judges: Kearse, Calabresi, Oberdorfer

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