ASHBROOK v. HOFFMAN

No. 79-2000.

617 F.2d 474 (1980)

Charles ASHBROOK and Master Chef, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Harlan HOFFMAN et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1980.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon R. Pactor, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

W. C. Blanton, Indianapolis, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before SPRECHER, TONE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied May 19, 1980.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The central issue on appeal is whether Indiana partition commissioners are entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for their conduct in handling a partition sale and in distributing the proceeds from such a sale. The district court concluded that the defendants-appellees, Harlan Hoffman and James Hooper, the partition commissioners, were entitled to absolute immunity...

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