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HILLIARD v. WILLIAMS

No. 71-1983.

465 F.2d 1212 (1972)

Lilly Mae Onie Lee Whitelaw HILLIARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John L. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

As Amended July 31, 1972.

Certiorari Denied November 20, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwayne D. Maddox Huntington, Tenn., Julian P. Guinn, Paris, Tenn., on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.

Bart Durham, Asst. Atty. Gen., David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., on brief for defendant-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, and McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Certiorari Denied November 20, 1972. See 93 S.Ct. 461.

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

To what extent does a prosecuting attorney have civil immunity in a suit filed by a defendant whom he has prosecuted in a criminal proceeding? This recurring question is presented on the present appeal.

The defendant-appellee is the District Attorney General for the Twenty-sixth Judicial District of Tennessee. He was prosecuting attorney at a trial resulting in the conviction...

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