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Court-Appointed Attorneys and Immunity : Ferri v. Ackerman.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judge-made law.
- Lawyers.
- Malpractice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1980.
- System Details:
- System requirements: PDF reader software.
- text file
- Summary:
- Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Ferri volumes Ackerman, which ruled that an attorney appointed by a Federal judge to represent an indigent defendent in a criminal trial is not entitled under the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 to absolute immunity in a State malpractice action.
- Notes:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Court-Appointed Attorneys and Immunity: Ferri v. Ackerman
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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