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GASKILL v. SPECTER

Civ. No. 79-4462-WMB.

503 F.Supp. 120 (1980)

Eva GASKILL, Mary Torres, Edith Volker, Lupe Gutierrez and Virginia Alexander, Plaintiffs, v. Russell SPECTER, Esq., Stephen P. Passek, Esq., and Does I, II, III and IV, Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

November 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hawkins, Hawkins & O'Connell, Santa Ana, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Alan Lazar, Long & Levit, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants.

WM. MATTHEW BYRNE, Jr., District Judge.

The issue presented by this motion to dismiss is whether an attorney employed by the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission ("EEOC"), while acting in that official capacity, is absolutely immune from state or common law tort liability.

The five plaintiffs in this suit were all members of the plaintiff class in a prior Title VII action against Farmers Group, Inc. and related entities. Taberoff v. Farmers Group,...

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