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· 9/18/1991

Vuitton v. White

Citations

  • 945 F.2d 569
  • 1991 WL 183552

How courts have described this case

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

  • ruling that judicial immunity attaches even where a judge’s actions qualify as malicious or corrupt
  • ruling that judicial immunity precludes liability even for malicious or corrupt actions
  • holding magistrate judge was absolutely immune for directing a police officer to effect warrantless arrest
  • emphasizing that “the absolute immunity extended to a judge performing a judicial action is not in any way diminished even if his or her ‘exercise of authority is flawed by the commission of grave procedural errors’”
  • affirming the dismissal of a complaint on the grounds of judicial immunity under Rule 12(b)(6)
  • affirming the dismissal of a complaint on the grounds of judicial immunity under Rule 12(b)(6)

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Judges: Aldisert, Scirica, Stapleton

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