Kurzawa v. Mueller

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that social workers are entitled to absolute immunity when prosecuting child delinquency petitions
• stating that GAL must act in best interests of the child and such a position places the GAL “squarely within the judicial process to accomplish that goal.”
• extending the absolute immunity afforded to prosecutors to those individuals who perform analogous functions such as employees of state department of social services
• recognizing witness immunity for psychiatrists, social workers, and guardian ad litems
• granting immunity to a guardian ad litem for his role within the child custody proceedings
• “A failure to grant immunity would hamper the duties of a guardian ad litem in his role as advocate for the child in judicial proceedings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

80 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Greg Myers, Etc. v. R. Kathleen Morris, Scott County Attorney, Etc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-04-09· cited 525×
• Sammye R. Holloway v. Sally Brush Clermont County, Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-07-31· cited 405×
• Dr. Gladys Cok v. Louis Cosentino
  First Circuit· 1989-06-05· cited 367×
• Pittman v. Cuyahoga County Department of Children & Family Services
  Sixth Circuit· 2011-05-20· cited 358×
• Snell v. Tunnell
  Tenth Circuit· 1990-11-30· cited 277×
• Cooney v. Rossiter
  Seventh Circuit· 2009-09-30· cited 249×
• David Glen Meyers v. Contra Costa County Department of Social Services, Defendants
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-03-16· cited 190×
• Kevin Frazier v. Edward N. Bailey
  First Circuit· 1992-02-24· cited 177×
• Henry Malachowski and Julia Malachowski v. City of Keene
  First Circuit· 1986-03-28· cited 167×
• Babcock v. State
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-04-04· cited 136×
• Bobby Watts, M.D. v. John H. Burkhart, M.D., Howard R. Foreman, M.D., Alvin J. Ingram, M.D., I. Lee Arnold, M.D., and Duane C. Budd, M.D.
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-10-28· cited 125×
• Collins on Behalf of Collins v. Tabet
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-02-04· cited 118×
• Rippy v. Hattaway
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-11-02· cited 115×
• Joseph v. Patterson
  Sixth Circuit· 1986-07-02· cited 114×
• John Hodorowski and Jeraldine Hodorowski v. Ann Ray, Mary Ellen Burns and Texas Department of Human Resources, Defendants
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-06-14· cited 103×
• Oltremari Ex Rel. McDaniel v. Kansas Social & Rehabilitative Service
  D. Kansas· 1994-11-21· cited 96×
• Stephen C. Stem v. Ralph Ahearn and Chris Card
  Fifth Circuit· 1990-08-13· cited 94×
• Barber v. Miller
  Sixth Circuit· 2015-12-02· cited 91×
• Lois Millspaugh and Tina Dyson v. County Department of Public Welfare of Wabash County
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-07-15· cited 78×
• William Winchester v. Christy Little
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-12-31· cited 76×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• Imbler v. Pachtman
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 7,274×
• Butz v. Economou
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-29· cited 3,397×
• Briscoe v. LaHue
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-07· cited 2,053×
• Kurzawa v. Mueller
  E.D. Michigan· 1982-08-30· cited 15×
• In Re Kurzawa
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1980-02-06· cited 15×

Other cases named Kurzawa v. Mueller

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Kurzawa v. Mueller
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-03-22· cited 34×
• Kurzawa v. Mueller
  E.D. Michigan· 1982-08-30· cited 15×