Legal Opinion
Beck v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 11, 2004No. 03-0645PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
A county attorney, concluding a police officer had lied to DCI agents concerning his wife’s death, told a police chief and a mayor he would not prosecute any cases involving the officer. The officer was fired from two positions, and sued the county attorney for defamation, interference with employment contract, and unlawful dissemination of “intelligence data.” The district court dismissed the case, ruling the county attorney was absolutely immune from suit. Because we find the county attorney was not engaged in an activity intimately associated with the judicial phase of the…
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