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VAN DE KAMP v. GOLDSTEIN

No. 07-854.

129 S.Ct. 855 (2009)

555 U.S. 335

172 L.Ed.2d 706

John VAN de KAMP et al., Petitioners, v. Thomas Lee GOLDSTEIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy T. Coates , for the petitioners.

Michael R. Dreeben , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioners.

E. Joshua Rosenkranz , for the respondent.

Timothy T. Coates , Counsel of Record, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, Steven J. Renick , Manning & Marder Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioners John Van de Kamp and Curt Livesay.

Ronald O. Kaye , David S. McLane , Marilyn E. Bednarski , Kaye, McLane & Bednarski, LLP, Pasadena, California, David A. Thomas , Danielle L. Goldstein , Heller Ehrman LLP, San Francisco, California, E. Joshua Rosenkranz , Counsel of Record, Timothy S. Mehok , Ellen G. Jalkut , Heller Ehrman LLP, New York, New York, William H. Forman , Matthew D. Benedetto , Heller Ehrman LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent.

We here consider the scope of a prosecutor's absolute immunity from claims asserted under Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976). We ask whether that immunity extends to claims...

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