· 9/18/1991
Vuitton v. White
Citations
- 945 F.2d 569
- 1991 WL 183552
How courts have described this case
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- 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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