Milburn J. Crowe v. Earl S. Lucas

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that jury could reasonably have found that defendants violated the due-process rights of elected city official
• finding that conspiring to deprive an individual of his civil rights is not a judicial act
• test of “judicial act” is “whether it is a function normally performed by a judge”
• statute that provided that aldermen were to remain in office for four years and until such time that their successors were duly elected and qualified created a property right in that office
• statute that provided that aldermen were to remain in office for four years and until such time that their successors were duly elected and qualified created a property right in that office
• “Reliance on advice of counsel does not serve as an absolute defense to a civil rights action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).