Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Lockhart v. Hoenstine
Lockhart v. Hoenstine, 396 U.S. 941 (1969)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1969-11-24
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- public official acting pursuant to court directive is immune from suit
- prothono-tary, acting pursuant to court directive, entitled to absolute immunity
- prothonotary, acting under court directive, entitled to absolute immunity
- justices of the peace enjoy quasi-judicial absolute immunity
- Gordon “dealt only with production of prior inconsistent statements”
Citator
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C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.