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

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1980

Summary:

Discusses the Supreme Court decision in Ferri volume 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:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Court-Appointed Attorneys and Immunity: Ferri v. Ackerman

Publisher Number:

CRS-1980-AML-0003

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