S.D. California· 4/14/1944

United States v. Chaplin

Citations

54 F. Supp. 926
1944 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2519

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sustaining a judge’s plea at bar that he should be immune from indictment and prosecution for depriving a citizen of civil rights “under the color of any law” in judicial proceedings in his court
sustaining a judge’s plea at bar that he should be immune from indictment and prosecution for depriving a citizen of civil rights “under the color of any law” in judicial proceedings in his court
“If judges are protected against civil actions for judicial acts, the reasons are more weighty that they should be protected against criminal actions.”
“If judges are protected against civil actions for judicial acts, the reasons are more weighty that they should be protected against criminal actions.”
“The immunity which has clothed judges for a century and a half in our country found its genesis in the English common law simultaneously with the independence of the judiciary.”
“The immunity which has clothed judges for a century and a half in our country found its genesis in the English common law simultaneously with the independence of the judiciary.”

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Judges: J. F. T. O'Connor

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