Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. Forsyth
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 19, 1985No. 84-335PublishedCited by 8,208 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
This is a suit for damages stemming from a warrantless wiretap authorized by petitioner, a former Attorney General of the United States. The case presents three issues: whether the Attorney General is absolutely immune from suit for actions undertaken in the interest of national security; if not, whether the District Court’s finding that petitioner is not immune from suit for his actions under the qualified immunity standard of Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U. S. 800 (1982), is appealable; and, if so, whether the District Court’s ruling on qualified immunity was correct.
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