Legal Opinion
Hill v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 17, 1995No. 1664, Docket 93-9343PublishedCited by 263 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this § 1983 civil rights litigation concerns the precise scope of a local district attorney’s immunity from suit. Because a public prosecutor cannot zealously perform the prosecutorial duties of the office if compelled to work under the constant threat of legal reprisals, such official is shielded from liability for civil wrongs by the doctrine of absolute immunity. When this doctrine, necessary to preserve the integrity of the judicial process, shields an alleged egregious and contemptable abuse of official power it is of course very troubling.
A district…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Singleton v. WulffSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by263 opinions
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