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SUPREME COURT OF VA. v. CONSUMERS UNION

No. 79-198.

446 U.S. 719 (1980)

100 S.Ct. 1967

64 L.Ed.2d 641

SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA ET AL. v. CONSUMERS UNION OF THE UNITED STATES. INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall Coleman, Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Walter H. Ryland, Chief Deputy Attorney General, and Philip B. Kurland.

Ellen Broadman argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Alan Mark Silbergeld, James W. Benton, Jr., and Michael Pollet.*

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case raises questions of whether the Supreme Court of Virginia (Virginia Court) and its chief justice are officially immune from suit in an action brought under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 challenging the Virginia Court's disciplinary rules governing the conduct of attorneys and whether attorney's fees were properly awarded under the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards...

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