Cooper v. O'CONNOR, No. 6956.

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
Writing for the CourtGRONER, Justice, and STEPHENS and MILLER, Associate Justices
Citation99 F.2d 135,69 App. DC 100
Decision Date27 June 1938
Docket NumberNo. 6956.
PartiesCOOPER v. O'CONNOR et al.
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161 practice notes
  • Koch v. Zuieback, Civ. No. 1304-60.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • 24 May 1961
    ...8 Cir., 1949, 172 F.2d 95, certiorari denied 337 U.S. 925, 69 S.Ct. 1170, 93 L.Ed. 1733; Cooper v. O'Connor, 1938, 69 App.D.C. 100, 99 F.2d 135, 118 A.L.R. 1440, certiorari denied 305 U.S. 643, 59 S.Ct. 146, 83 L.Ed. 414; Toscano v. Olesen, D.C.S.D. Cal.1960, 189 F.Supp. 118; Oppenheimer v.......
  • Norton v. McShane, No. 20722.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • 15 July 1964
    ...enforcement officers are immune from civil suits based on allegedly malicious acts. See, e. g., Cooper v. O'Connor, 1938, 69 App.D.C. 100, 99 F.2d 135, 139, 118 A.L.R. 1440; Swanson v. Willis, D.Alaska 1953, 114 F.Supp. 434, aff'd per curiam, 220 F.2d 440 (9th Cir.); Laughlin v. Garnett, 19......
  • Bailey v. Richardson, No. 10382.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • 22 March 1950
    ...47 S.Ct. 25, 27, 71 L.Ed. 160. 64 Supra at 330 U.S. 100, 67 S.Ct. 569. 91 L.Ed. 754. 65 Cooper v. O'Connor, 1938, 69 App. D.C. 100, 104, 99 F.2d 135, 139, 118 A. L.R. 1440, certiorari denied 1938, 305 U. S. 643, 59 S.Ct. 146, 83 L.Ed. 414, and cases there cited; Larson v. Domestic & Foreign......
  • Bell v. Hood, No. 2850.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • 2 May 1947
    ...615, 60 S.Ct. 263, 84 L.Ed. 514; Cooper v. O'Connor, 1939, 70 App.D. C. 761, 105 F.2d 761, 763; Cooper v. O'Connor, 1938, 69 App.D.C. 100, 99 F.2d 135, 138, 118 A.L.R. 1440, certiorari denied, 1938, 305 U.S. 643, 59 S.Ct. 146, 83 L.Ed. Whenever a federal officer or agent exceeds his authori......
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  • Norton v. McShane, 20722.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • 15 July 1964
    ...enforcement officers are immune from civil suits based on allegedly malicious acts. See, e. g., Cooper v. O'Connor, 1938, 69 App.D.C. 100, 99 F.2d 135, 139, 118 A.L.R. 1440; Swanson v. Willis, D.Alaska 1953, 114 F.Supp. 434, aff'd per curiam, 220 F.2d 440 (9th Cir.); Laughlin v. Garnett, 19......
  • Bell v. Hood, 2850.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Court (Southern District of California)
    • 2 May 1947
    ...615, 60 S.Ct. 263, 84 L.Ed. 514; Cooper v. O'Connor, 1939, 70 App.D. C. 761, 105 F.2d 761, 763; Cooper v. O'Connor, 1938, 69 App.D.C. 100, 99 F.2d 135, 138, 118 A.L.R. 1440, certiorari denied, 1938, 305 U.S. 643, 59 S.Ct. 146, 83 L.Ed. Whenever a federal officer or agent exceeds his authori......
  • Lukens Steel Co. v. Perkins, 7368.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • 4 August 1939
    ...Cir., 66 F.2d 1004. 33b Bradley v. Fisher, 13 Wall, U.S., 335, 351, 352, 20 L.Ed. 646. See Cooper v. O'Connor, 69 App.D.C. 100, 102, 103, 99 F.2d 135, 137, 138, 118 A.L.R. 1440, certiorari denied 305 U.S. 643, 59 S.Ct. 146, 83 L.Ed. 414. Cf. Johnson v. Lankford, 245 U.S. 541, 38 S.Ct. 203, ......
  • Doe v. McMillan, 71-1027.
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • 20 January 1972
    ...rank in the executive hierarchy." Barr v. Matteo, supra, 360 U.S. at 572, 79 S.Ct. at 1340. See Cooper v. O'Connor, 66 App.D.C. 100, 107, 99 F.2d 135, 142 (1938); Farr v. Valentine, 38 App.D.C. 413, 420 (1912). Therefore, it is clear that this immunity doctrine is applicable with respect to......
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1 books & journal articles
  • Qualified and Absolute Immunity at Common Law.
    • United States
    • Stanford Law Review Vol. 73 Nbr. 6, June 2021
    • 1 June 2021
    ...54 U.S. (13 How.) 115, 137 (1852). The D.C. Circuit in 1938 suggested Little v. Barreme was a ministerial-duty case. Cooper v. O'Connor, 99 F.2d 135,137 & n.2 (D.C. Cir. (92.) BISHOP, supra note 25, [section] 783, at 363; see also COOLEY, supra note 24, at 417 (explaining that immunity ......

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