Judicial immunity is a form of sovereign immunity, which protects judges and others employed by the judiciary from liability resulting from their judicial...

United States law, absolute immunity is a type of sovereign immunity for government officials that confers complete immunity from criminal prosecution and...

Legal immunity, or immunity from prosecution, is a legal status wherein an individual or entity cannot be held liable for a violation of the law, in order...

Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine whereby a sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal...

immunity is a legal principle of federal constitutional law that grants government officials performing discretionary (optional) functions immunity from...

enjoy sovereign immunity, also known as governmental immunity, from lawsuits. Local governments in most jurisdictions enjoy immunity from some forms of...

international law Judicial immunity, immunity of a judge or magistrate in the course of their official duties Parliamentary immunity, immunity granted to elected...

349 (1978), is the leading United States Supreme Court decision on judicial immunity. It involved an Indiana judge who was sued by a young woman who had...

stepping beyond the bounds of that court. Judges are able to claim judicial immunity for acts that are not completely beyond their jurisdiction. For example...

by undermining the judicial immunity of other governments and abusing the provisions of international law. The US State Immunity Act is in conflict with...

11-18 and the NJ Code of Judicial Conduct. The Federal suit was dismissed with 3rd Circuit Appeal based on Absolute Immunity, a doctrine that has been...

Parliamentary immunity, also known as legislative immunity, is a system in which political leadership position holders such as president, vice president...

liability for malicious prosecution by doctrines of prosecutorial immunity and judicial immunity. Moreover, the mere filing of a complaint cannot constitute...

presidential immunity from criminal prosecution presumptively extends to all of a president's "official acts" – with absolute immunity for official acts...

status of member of the European Parliament would allow him to obtain judicial immunity to avoid reprisals from the powers of the state for his fight against...

Diplomatic immunity is a principle of international law by which certain foreign government officials are recognized as having legal immunity from the jurisdiction...

United States has both civil and criminal immunity for their official acts. Neither civil nor criminal immunity is explicitly granted in the Constitution...

Spencer had absolute immunity from liability for damages, and that Section 1983 would not apply in a judge's case, stating that "the immunity of judges for acts...

"fully shielded by absolutely judicial immunity or legislative immunity", because their actions went beyond their judicial and administrative duties. The...

v. Harvey 605 F.2d 330 (7th Cir. 1979) was a landmark decision on judicial immunity, brought under the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. § 1983). In it, the...

which was enacted in order to provide absolute judicial immunity to judges and others acting in a judicial capacity. Section 2 of the act defines the meaning...

eroded Stump v. Sparkman, United States Supreme Court decision on judicial immunity Stump Pond (disambiguation) Stump speech Stumpy (disambiguation) Stumped...

to order his reinstatement, holding that the university had "quasi-judicial immunity". Churchill's appeals of this decision were unsuccessful. Churchill...

strong and independent judicial branch, the reality is a question of debate. The constitution provides for judicial immunity, lifetime appointments/"irremovable"...

interspousal immunity has been abrogated in Utah with respect to all claims," thus laying to rest the doctrine of interspousal immunity in Utah. Burke...

absolute immunity for official actions taken under his core constitutional powers, presumptive immunity for other official actions, and no immunity for unofficial...

before Behm. The presiding judge dismissed Behm from the suit for judicial immunity, but allowed the suit to proceed against two of the other defendants...

case restricted judicial immunity in certain instances. Respondent Howard Lee White served as Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit of the State...

Sparkman (1978) is the leading United States Supreme Court decision on judicial immunity. It involved an Indiana judge who was sued by a young woman who had...

Defence, a paramilitary group. A new Civil Police was to be organized. Judicial immunity for crimes committed by the armed forces ended; the government agreed...