Swain v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that clerks who assign counsel to indigent defendants perform duties “inherent” to the judicial function and are therefore “cloaked with judicial immunity”
• stating that clerks who assign counsel to indigent defendants perform duties “inherent” to the judicial function and are therefore “cloaked with judicial immunity”
• “The Court has inherent power to assign counsel for an indigent defendant and the allegedly negligent acts of the Court and its clerks in connection with the assignment are cloaked with judicial immunity.” (citations omitted)
• “The Court has inherent power to assign counsel for an indigent defendant and the allegedly negligent acts of the Court and its clerks in connection with the assignment are cloaked with judicial immunity.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Peker v. Steglich
  Second Circuit· 2009-04-27· cited 9×
• Nazario v. State
  New York State Court of Claims· 2009-02-27· cited 8×
• Montesano v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-10-04· cited 3×
• Morrison-Allen v. State of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-07-05· cited 2×
• Town of Turin v. Chase
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-06-16

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Architectural Builders, Inc. v. Pollard
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1999-12-09· cited 11×
• Lantner v. Miles H. Galin, P. C.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-10-05· cited 1×