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DOE v. COUNTY OF LAKE, INDIANA

No. H 74-49.

399 F.Supp. 553 (1975)

John DOE, a minor child by his mother and next friend, Mary Doe, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. The COUNTY OF LAKE, INDIANA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Indiana, Hammond Division.

August 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour Moskowitz, Gary, Ind., for plaintiffs.

James J. Richards, Hammond, Ind., J. Robert Miertschin, Gary, Ind., Joseph Skozen, Munster, Ind., William J. Muha, Highland, Ind., Robert D. Hawk, Gary, Ind., Joseph Meszar, pro se, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.

The defendants, Judges James J. Richards and Joseph Meszar, contend that they have judicial immunity from suit, which encompasses any action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as brought by the plaintiffs in the instant action.

The principle of judicial immunity has been long a part of our common law and the rationale for the same was succinctly stated by the...

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