Flor Lopez v. William Vanderwater and Howard Wheeler Gamble

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1980-04-29

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TONE, Circuit Judge. This appeal concerns the scope of judicial immunity to be afforded under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to a judge who engaged in highly irregular conduct. On the night of October 16, 1975, defendant Vanderwater, then an Illinois judge, arrested plaintiff Flor Lopez, caused him to be ch…

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