E. PAUL YASELLI

v.

GUY D. GOFF

Citator

Cited By (80 total)

• Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232 (U.S. 1974)
  …e scandal and subversion of all justice. And those who are the most sincere, would not be free from continual calumniations . . . .” 12 Co. Rep., at 25, 77 Eng. Rep., at 1307. See also Yaselli v. Goff, 12 F. 2d 396, 399 (CA2 1926), aff’d per curiam, 275 U. S. 503 (1927). In Spalding v. Vilas, 161 U. S., at 498, the Court noted: “In exercising the functions of his office, the head of an Executive Department, keeping within the limits of his authority, should not be under an apprehension that the motives that…
• Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409 (U.S. 1976)
  …tent with the possession of this freedom, and would destroy that independence [*436] without which no judiciary can be either respectable or useful. . . See also cases discussed in Yaselli v. Goff, 12 F. 2d 396, 399-401 (CA2 1926), summarily aff’d, 275 U. S. 503 (1927). The majority articulates other adverse consequences which may result from permitting suits to be maintained against public officials. Such suits may expose the official to an unjust damage award, ante, at 425; such suits will be expensive t…

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• Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478 (U.S. 1978)
  …or corruption in their action whilst exercising their judicial functions within the general scope of their jurisdiction.” Id., at 354.36 The principle of Bradley was extended to federal prosecutors through the summary affirmance in Yaselli v. Goff, 275 U. S. 503 (1927), aff’g 12 F. 2d 396 (CA2 1926). The Court of Appeals in that case discussed in detail the common-law precedents extending absolute immunity to parties participating in the judicial process: judges, grand jurors, petit jurors, advocates, and w…

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Authorities Cited

• Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall. 335 (U.S. 1871)
• Alzua v. Johnson, 231 U.S. 106 (U.S. 1913)