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STUMP v. SPARKMAN

No. 76-1750.

435 U.S. 349 (1978)

98 S.Ct. 1099

55 L.Ed.2d 331

STUMP ET AL. v. SPARKMAN ET VIR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Fruechtenicht argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioners.

Richard H. Finley argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Eugene Gressman.*

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case requires us to consider the scope of a judge's immunity from damages liability when sued under 42 U. S. C. § 1983.

I

The relevant facts underlying respondents' suit are not in dispute. On July 9, 1971, Ora Spitler McFarlin, the mother of respondent Linda Kay Spitler Sparkman, presented to Judge Harold D. Stump of the Circuit Court of DeKalb...

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