Harris v. Harvey (1979)
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Harris v. Harvey (1979)
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Harris v. Harvey 605 F.2d 330 was a landmark decision on judicial immunity, brought under the Civil Rights Act. In it, the United States court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that intentional acts of public defamation inspired by racial prejudice are not judicial functions, thus establishing that neither judicial or prosecutorial immunity protects a judge who uses the power of their state office to engage in such acts. It has been cited as the first case in the United States where a sit
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