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· 10/6/2003

Paul Smith and Gloria Smith v. L. Patrick Power

Citations

  • 346 F.3d 740
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 20272
  • 2003 WL 22285301

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that prosecutor’s actions in preparing and disseminating notice that plaintiffs house was in violation of county budding codes could not be characterized as investigatory in absence of evidence that prosecutor personally inspected house
  • assistant city attorney who initiated proceedings to demolish a building under the city building code is entitled to prosecutorial immunity
  • “Absolute immunity shields prosecutors even if they act maliciously, unreasonably, without probable cause, or even on the basis of false testimony or evidence.”
  • “Absolute immunity shields prosecutors even if they act maliciously, unreasonably, without probable cause, or even on the basis of false testimony or evidence.”
  • “[A]bsolute immunity shields prosecutors even if they act maliciously, unreasonably, without probable cause, or even on the basis of false testimony or evidence.”
  • assistant city attorney who initiated proceedings to demolish a building under the city building code is entitled to prosecutorial immunity

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Judges: Kanne, Rovner, Wood

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