Kendrick Ladell Starling v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that \[flew doctrines [are] more solidly established . . . than the immunity of judges from liability for acts committed within their judicial jurisdiction\
• stating that “judicial immunity is not overcome by allegations of bad faith or malice”
• holding that judicial defendant was immune from suit
• affirming that state court judges are absolutely immune from suit
• “prevailing view [of tort law] in this country” relied on in establishing standards for false arrest type action under § 1983
• “[I]mmunity applies even when the judge is accused of acting maliciously and corruptly . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).