Legal Opinion
Lilly Mae Onie Lee Whitelaw Hilliard v. John L. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1972No. 71-1983PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
To what extent does a prosecuting attorney have civil immunity in a suit filed by a defendant whom he has prosecuted in a criminal proceeding? This recurring question is presented on the present appeal.
The defendant-appellee is the District Attorney General for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District of Tennessee. He was prosecuting attorney at a trial resulting in the conviction of plaintiff-appellant Hilliard for second degree murder. This conviction was reversed by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on April 15, 1971. At the second trial Mrs. Hilliard was acquitted.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Kauffman v. MossCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- Milton McCray v. State of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- James N. Lewis v. George Brautigam, I. Ray Mills, Dayton Blackford and Thomas J. KellyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Kenney v. FoxCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. SargentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- Apton v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Timothy Daryl Atkins v. John Gibson Lanning, Kenneth D. Fouts and Randall Craig RuarkCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Spring v. ConstantinoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
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