1. More on Judicial Immunity: The Eighth Circuit's Hemminghaus Decision (2014).
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Wasby, Stephen L.
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JUDICIAL immunity ,JUDICIAL selection & appointment ,QUALIFIED immunity of public officers ,LEGAL judgments ,ACTIONS & defenses (Law) ,STUMP v. Sparkman (Supreme Court case) ,ABSOLUTE immunity (Law) ,MIRELES v. Waco (Supreme Court case) - Abstract
The article discusses judicial immunity in the wake of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's ruling in the case Hemminghaus v. Missouri which deals with Missouri's plan for judicial selection and a question regarding how a judicial employee might properly deal with suspected child abuse. An absolute immunity doctrine is examined, along with the U.S. Supreme Court cases Stump v. Sparkman and Mireles v. Waco which address judges' immunity. A qualified immunity doctrine is assessed.
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- 2015
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