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FERRI v. ACKERMAN

No. 78-5981.

444 U.S. 193 (1979)

FERRI v. ACKERMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian N. Eule, by appointment of the Court, 440 U.S. 970, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

John P. Arness argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were David J. Hensler, Allen R. Snyder, and Ned J. Nakles.*

MR. JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether an attorney appointed by a federal judge to represent an indigent defendant in a federal criminal trial is, as a matter of federal law, entitled to absolute immunity in a state malpractice suit brought against him by his former client.

On August 28, 1974, a federal grand jury for the Western District of Pennsylvania named petitioner as a defendant in five counts of a nine-count...

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