John VAN de KAMP et al., Petitioners,
v.
Thomas Lee GOLDSTEIN.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued November 5, 2008.
Decided January 26, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Timothy T. Coates, for the petitioners.
Michael R. Dreeben, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.
E. Joshua Rosenkranz, for the respondent.
Timothy T. Coates, Counsel of Record, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, Steven J. Renick, Manning & Marder Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioners John Van de Kamp and Curt Livesay.
Ronald O. Kaye, David S. McLane, Marilyn E. Bednarski, Kaye, McLane & Bednarski, LLP, Pasadena, California, David A. Thomas, Danielle L. Goldstein, Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, California, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Counsel of Record, Timothy S. Mehok, Ellen G. Jalkut, Heller Ehrman LLP, New York, New York, William H. Forman, Matthew D. Benedetto, Heller Ehrman LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent.
JusticeBREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.
We here consider the scope of a prosecutor's absolute immunity from claims asserted under Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Imbler v. Pachtman,424 U.S. 409, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976). We ask whether that immunity extends to claims...
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