Legal Opinion
Forrester v. White
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 12, 1988No. 86-761PublishedCited by 2,160 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
delivered the opinion of the Court. †
This case requires us to decide whether a state-court judge has absolute immunity from a suit for damages under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 for his decision to dismiss a subordinate court employee. The employee, who had been a probation officer, alleged that she was demoted and discharged on account of her sex, in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. We conclude that the judge’s decisions were not judicial acts for which he should be held absolutely immune.
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Respondent Howard Lee White served as Circuit Judge of the Seventh Judicial…
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