Legal Opinion
W. H. Pat O'Bryan v. Stephen S. Chandler
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 30, 1965No. 7907PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
W. H. Pat O’Bryan, an Oklahoma attorney and Certified Public Accountant, instituted this action against Stephen S. Chandler, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, to recover damages, actual and punitive, for alleged malicious prosecution, libel and slander, 1 arising out of certain activities of Judge Chandler before a grand jury, which resulted in a criminal indictment against O’Bryan. This is an appeal from an order dismissing the complaint on the grounds that the alleged misconduct of Judge Chandler was not clearly in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Barr v. MatteoSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Gregoire v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Donald A. Swan v. Board of Higher Education of the City of New York by Gustave G. Rosenberg, Its Chairman, George A. Pierson, and Margaret v. KielyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Chandler v. Judicial Council of the Tenth CircuitSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnny King v. Robert H. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- Glenn v. First National Bank in Grand JunctionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Stephen S. Chandler, United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma v. William H. Pat O'BryanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- W. H. Pat O'Bryan v. Stephen S. ChandlerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
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