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Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Ind. Decisions - USSC decision that started with an Indiana federal court ruling is now the leading precedent on judicial immunity
A brief item in the Washington Post today tells us:
On this day 29 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that U.S. judges cannot be sued for judicial actions made in error, with malice or in excess of authority. Stump v. Sparkman started after an Indiana Judge (Stump) ordered the surgical sterilization of a 15-year-old girl because her mother alleged she was "somewhat retarded."A link from the Post takes us to this Wikipedia entry.
Here is the U.S. Supreme Court decision, via Findlaw.com. See the end of this page from Oyez, where you can see how the justices lined up.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 28, 2007 10:51 AM
Posted to Ind Fed D.Ct. Decisions