JORDAN v. SINSHEIMER


403 Mass. 586 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 574

ROBERT S. JORDAN vs. ROBERT SINSHEIMER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc C. Laredo, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Michael Avery (Marjorie Heins with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

We are presented with the question whether a prosecutor is entitled to either absolute or qualified immunity from liability for the alleged harm to the plaintiff (Jordan) arising from the prosecutor's failure to return to Jordan seventeen videotapes as ordered by a judge of the Superior Court.

On November 4, 1982, members of the Plymouth police department searched Jordan's home pursuant to a search warrant. They seized drugs, drug paraphernalia...

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