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Supreme Court· 5/14/1984

Pulliam v. Allen

Citations

  • 466 U.S. 522
  • 104 S. Ct. 1970
  • 80 L. Ed. 2d 565
  • 1984 U.S. LEXIS 75
  • 52 U.S.L.W. 4525

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that \judicial immunity is not a bar to prospective injune-tive relief against a judicial officer acting in her judicial capacity\
  • holding that absolute judicial immunity does not bar prospective injunctive relief under § 1983 against a state-court judge acting in a judicial capacity
  • holding that absolute judicial immunity does not bar prospective injunctive relief under Sec. 1983 against a state-court judge acting in a judicial capacity
  • holding that judicial immunity was not a bar to awards of attorney's fees and costs or to demands for injunctive relief
  • holding that clear legislative intent is required to abrogate common-law principles of legislative and judicial immunity
  • holding that clear legislative intent is required to abrogate common-law principles of legislative and judicial immunity

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, Stevens, Powell, Burger, Rehnquist, O'Connor

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