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“to some extent ... assignment of a particular incident to one of several abstract categories is likely to involve an element of arbitrariness”
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Cited "but see"
Mosely v. Cassidy
Myers v. Bull, 599 F.2d 863, 865 (8th Cir.1979), cert. denied, 100 S.Ct. 213 , 444 U.S. 901 , 62 L.Ed.2d 138 ; Burke v. Miller, 580 F.2d 108, 109 (4th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 930 , 99 S.Ct. 1268 , 59 L.Ed.2d 487 (1979); Blevins v. Ford, 572 F.2d 1336,1338 (9th Cir.1978); Bennett v. Passic, 545 F.2d 1260, 1263-64 (10th Cir.1976); Brawer v. Horowitz, 535 F.2d 830, 836-37 (3d Cir.1976); Smith v. Sinclair, 424 F.Supp. 1108, 1113 (W.D.Okla.1976); but see Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10, 26 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978); Spears v. Conlis…
discussed
Cited "but see"
Overman v. Klein
But see Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978); Hilliard v. Williams, 516 F.2d 1344 (6th Cir. 1975), vacated on other grounds, 424 U.S. 961 , 96 S.Ct. 1453 , 47 L.Ed.2d 729 (1976), aff’d after remand, 540 F.2d 220 (6th Cir. 1976).
discussed
Cited as authority (quoted)
Schieb v. Humane Soc. of Huron Valley
to some extent ... assignment of a particular incident to one of several abstract categories is likely to involve an element of arbitrariness
discussed
Cited as authority (rule)
James T. Martin, Jr. v. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, Richard Xander, James T. Martin, Jr. v. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, Richard Xander
(2×)
also: Cited "see"
See Harlow; Butz, 438 U.S. at 494-98, 98 S.Ct. at 2904-06.
discussed
Cited as authority (rule)
Martin v. D.C. Metropolitan Police Department
(2×)
also: Cited "see"
See Harlow; Butz, 438 U.S. at 494-98, 98 S.Ct. at 2904-06.
discussed
Cited "see"
Robert F. Davis v. James Grusemeyer, Raymond Gurak, Donald Yingling, David v. Brody, and Charles E. Waldron
See Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10 (D.C.Cir.1977) (although rejecting the district court's reasoning that perjury is never within a prosecutor’s authority, declining to extend absolute immunity to a prosecutor's alleged perjury during a grand jury investigation that had not yet focused on a particular suspect), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978); Wilkinson, 484 F.Supp. at 1083 (destruction of evidence by prosecutor not closely connected to the judicial process because "when evidence is disposed of, it is kept from judicial scrutiny altogether”).
discussed
Cited "see"
Cooney v. Park County
Accord Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10, 24 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert, denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978) (where the record indicated a four and one-half year lapse since the alleged prosecutorial misconduct without any official inquiry).
cited
Cited "see"
United States v. Wayne Barnhart
See United States v. Abrams, 568 F.2d 411, 419 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 903 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see"
Josiah Haynesworth and Fred Hancock v. Frank P. Miller, Chief, Law Enforcement Section, Office of the Corporation Counsel, (Two Cases)
(2×)
The directive, in relevant part, reveals that [t]he Corporation Counsel states that he has issued directions to his staff forthwith to discontinue the practice of demanding releases [of claims against police officers] in exchange for the dropping of charges, and not to allow their discretion in the manner of a nolle prosequi to be influenced by a desire to protect and exonerate the arresting officer from civil liability. 156 Spalding v. Vilas, 161 U.S. 483, 498 , 16 S.Ct. 631, 637 , 40 L.Ed. 780, 786 (1896); see Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179, 184-185 , 569 F.2d 10, 15-16 (1977), cert…
cited
Cited "see"
United States v. Walter L. Nixon, Jr.
See United States v. Abrams, 568 F.2d 411, 419 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 903 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see"
United States v. James D. Baresh
See United States v. Abrams, 568 F.2d 411, 423-25 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 903 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978); United States v. Candalaria-Gonzalez, 547 F.2d 291 (5th Cir.1977); United States v. James, 510 F.2d 546, 550-51 (5th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom., Vasquez v. United States, 423 U.S. 855 , 96 S.Ct. 105 , 46 L.Ed.2d 81 (1975).
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Cited "see"
Gray v. Bell
See Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10, 15-16 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978). 2 .
cited
Cited "see"
United States v. Anthony \Tony\" Caucci"
See United States v. Abrams, 568 F.2d 411, 419 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 903 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see"
Simons v. Bellinger
Although Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478 , 98 S.Ct. 2894 , 57 L.Ed.2d 895 (1978), significantly narrowed the degree of immunity apparently granted executive officials by Barr, it did not purport to affect the scope-of-authority holding of Barr 16 373 U.S. 379 , 83 S.Ct. 1322 , 10 L.Ed.2d 428 (1963); see note 8 supra 17 Pertinent excerpt at note 4 supra 18 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179, 184 , 569 F.2d 10 , 15 (1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978) 19 Simons v. Bellinger, No. 75-1164, slip op. at 3 (D.D.C. 6 Sept. 1977) (emphasis added) 20 Brief for Appellants at 17 21…
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Cited "see"
Magic Pan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
Accord, NLRB v. Chicago Health & Tennis Clubs, Inc., 567 F.2d 331, 335-36 (7th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978); Walgreen Co. v. NLRB, 564 F.2d 751, 753-54 (7th Cir. 1977).
cited
Cited "see"
Wilkinson v. Ellis
See Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179, 193 , 569 F.2d 10, 24 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978). 19 .
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Cited "see"
Iberia Hampton v. Edward v. Hanrahan, United States of America Ex Rel. Honorable Joseph Sam Perry v. Jeffrey H. Haas, Attorney at Law, Contemnor-Appellant. United States of America Ex Rel. Honorable Joseph Sam Perry v. G. Flint Taylor, Attorney at Law, Contemnor-Appellant
See Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179 , 569 F.2d 10 (1977), Cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978) (prosecutor's immunity limited to his "advocacy" functions).
cited
Cited "see"
Hampton v. Hanrahan
See Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179 , 569 F.2d 10 (1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978) (prosecutor’s immunity limited to his “advocacy” functions).
cited
Cited "see"
Medline Industries, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
See N.L.R.B. v. Chicago Health & Tennis Clubs, Inc., 567 F.2d 331 (7th Cir. 1977) cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 ; N.L.R.B. v. J.
cited
Cited "see, e.g."
State v. Marrero
See also United States v. Abrams, 568 F.2d 411 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 903 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Wickstrom v. Ebert
Ross v. Meagan, 638 F.2d 646 , 648 (3d Cir.1981); see also Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10, 19-21 (D.C.Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978), cert. granted, Stafford v. Briggs, 439 U.S. 1113 , 99 S.Ct. 1015 , 59 L.Ed.2d 71 (1979), appeal after remand, 698 F.2d 486 (D.C.Cir.1983) (crucial inquiry “concerns the nature of the official behavior challenged, not the identity or title of the officer responsible therefor”).
discussed
Cited "see, e.g."
Anderson v. Glismann
See also Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert, denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978): Policy considerations counselling the insulation of private citizens from civil liability arising from their performance as witnesses do not apply with equal force when a [cjomplaint charges that constitutional rights have been violated by a public employee operating from the witness stand. 569 F.2d at 28 . 3 .
discussed
Cited "see, e.g."
Guerin v. Riley
See also Kelsey v. Fitzgerald, 574 F.2d 443, 444 (8th Cir.1978) and Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10, 15, n. 4 (D.C.Cir.1977) (dictum), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
cited
Cited "see, e.g."
In Re Special September 1978 Grand Jury (Ii). Appeal of United States of America
See also Matter of Special February 1977 Grand Jury, 570 F.2d 674 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Doe v. Russotti
See also Briggs v. Goodwin, 569 F.2d 10 (D.C.Cir.1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Forsyth v. Kleindienst
See also Jennings v. Shuman, 567 F.2d 1213 , 1221 & n. 15 (3d Cir. 1977), which questions the correctness of the scope of immunity afforded in Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179 , 569 F.2d 10, 19-20 (1977), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Cited "see, e.g."
Keith Forsyth v. Richard G. Kleindienst, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States, L. Patrick Gray, 3rd, Individually and as Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John N. Mitchell, Individually and as Former Attorney General of the United States, John Doe and Richard Roe, Albert Cooper and David Porter. Appeal of John N. Mitchell, E. Davis Porter, and Albert Cooper. Katherine W. Burkhart, Judith Chomsky, Eva Gold, Dina Portnoy, Candy Putter, Joshua (Josh) Markel v. William Saxbe, Individually and as Attorney General of the United States, Clarence Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, John N. Mitchell, Individually and as Former Attorney General of the United States, John Doe, and Richard Roe, Appeal of John N. Mitchell, Clarence Kelley, and William Saxbe
See also Jennings v. Shuman, 567 F.2d 1213 , 1221 & n. 15 (3d Cir. 1977), which questions the correctness of the scope of immunity afforded in Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179 , 569 F.2d 10, 19-20 (1977), Cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978). 35 This court has not been squarely presented with the problem of the scope of immunity for prosecutorial conduct which lies outside of the advocatory function but within a prosecutor's duties as an administrator or investigator.
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Cited "see, e.g."
Gartin v. Jefferson County
See e. g., Briggs v. Goodwin, 186 U.S.App.D.C. 179 , 569 F.2d 10 (1977) cert. denied, 437 U.S. 904 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978); Hampton v. City of Chicago, 484 F.2d 602 (7th Cir. 1973) cert. denied, 415 U.S. 917 , 94 S.Ct. 1413 , 39 L.Ed.2d 471 (1974); Dodd v. Spokane County, Washington, 393 F.2d 330 (9th Cir. 1968). 10 .The opinion also states that “[s]ince Imbler numerous jurisdictions have adhered to its ruling and hold a prosecutor is absolutely immune where his acts are within the scope of prosecu-torial duties, particularly ‘initiating a prosecution.’ ” Id. at 310.
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Cited "see, e.g."
United States v. Clarke
See, e. g., United States v. Abrams, 568 F.2d 411 , 422 n.54 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 437 U.S. 903 , 98 S.Ct. 3089 , 57 L.Ed.2d 1133 (1978).
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Goodwin
v.
Briggs
v.
Briggs
No. 77-1401.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Jun 19, 1978.
Published
Citer courts: D.C. Circuit (1) · E.D. Michigan (1)
C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.