Legal Opinion

WITHERS v. SCHROEDER

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 10, 2018No. S17G1875Published

1Opinion of the Court

304 Ga. 394

FINAL COPY S17G1875. WITHERS et al. v. SCHROEDER. BENHAM, Justice. This appeal concerns the trial court’s disposition of a motion for 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…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Stump v. SparkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Mireles v. WacoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Forrester v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  5. Jacqueline Stevens v. U.S. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017

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