United States v. Equitable Life Assurance Society

How later courts describe this case

• prothonotary is a judicial or quasi-judicial officer entitled to immunity under the Civil Rights Acts
• accord Mobile Gas Service Corp. v. Federal Power Commission, 215 F.2d 883 (3rd Cir.1954), cert. granted 348 U.S. 950, 75 S.Ct. 446, 99 L.Ed. 742, cert. granted 348 U.S. 950, 75 S.Ct. 447, 99 L.Ed. 742 (1955), aff'd, 350 U.S. 332, 76 S.Ct. 373, 100 L.Ed. 373 (1956)
• Court clerk and court reporter