Legal Opinion
Withers v. Schroeder
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 10, 2018No. S17G1875PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
**394This appeal concerns the trial court's disposition of a motion for a judgment on the pleadings in favor of appellants Chief Judge Nelly Withers (Judge Withers) of the former DeKalb County Recorder's Court and Troy Thompson (Thompson), who was the court administrator of same. Appellee Bobby Schroeder prevailed in his appeal before the Court of Appeals,1 and we granted certiorari to resolve the issue as to whether appellants are immune from suit. Because we conclude appellants are protected from suit by the doctrine of judicial immunity and its derivative quasi-judicial…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mireles v. WacoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Dykes v. HosemannCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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