Legal Opinion
Keith Forsyth v. Richard G. Kleindienst, John N. Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 20, 1983No. 82-1812PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION SUR GRANT OF STAY
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Forsyth has moved to dismiss this appeal as interlocutory, and defendant Mitchell has asked for a stay of trial. We will grant the stay, deny the motion to dismiss the appeal on absolute immunity, and refer the motion to dismiss the appeal on qualified immunity to the merits panel.
Keith Forsyth filed this suit against former Attorney General John Mitchell and others1 to recover damages for alleged constitutional and statutory violations. Mitchell authorized a warrantless wiretap of one William Davidon in 1970 that resulted in government…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Nixon v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Forsyth v. KleindienstCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Venen v. SweetCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Czurlanis v. AlbaneseCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
- Bertram Zweibon v. John N. Mitchell, Individually and as Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Hauptmann v. WilentzDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1983
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