Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part
Babcock v. State
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 4, 1991No. 53376-8Published
1Concurring in part, dissenting in partAndersen, J.
(concurring in part, dissenting in part)— The majority opinion has accorded a very narrow, if not totally illusory, immunity to Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) caseworkers. It also abolishes witness immunity for such caseworkers (or declines to apply it) and refuses to define for future cases any possibility of quasi-prosecutorial immunity for them.
*623The relevant immunities necessary to be considered here are the following: (1) quasi-prosecutorial immunity and quasi-judicial immunity; (2) witness immunity; and (3) statutory immunities. The questions this case raises are whether…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Harlow v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mitchell v. ForsythSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Briscoe v. LaHueSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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