PARKER v. STATE

No. 99, September Term, 1992.

337 Md. 271 (1995)

DORIS PARKER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger N. Powell and John Paul Rufe, Baltimore, (both on brief), for petitioner.

Julia M. Freit, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baltimore) all on brief, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, CHASANOW, KARWACKI and BELL, JJ.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case concerns the nature and scope of judicial immunity from tort actions, both under Maryland law and under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

I.

The facts are not in dispute. On April 14, 1988, Doris E. Parker was convicted in the District Court of Maryland of driving in excess of the speed limit, was fined $150, and was assessed $5 in court costs. Parker appealed her conviction to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, and a de novo...

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