Cylinder Gas, Chemical, Petroleum, Auto-Service & Accessory Drivers, Local No. 283 v. Ottawa Silica Co.
Cylinder Gas, Chemical, Petroleum, Auto-Service & Accessory Drivers, Maintenance, Mechanics, Helpers & Inside Employees Local No. 283, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. Ottawa Silica Co.
Cylinder Gas, Chem., Petroleum, Auto-Serv. & Accessory Drivers, Local No. 283 v. Ottawa Silica Co., 415 U.S. 916 (1974)
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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
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(prosecutorial immunity not available when a civil rights claim "focuses on a prosecutor's actions in the course of directing police investigative activity”)
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(attempted suit against Mayor and Police Superintendent on theory that they knew of a conspiracy by their subordinates against the plaintiffs)
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("the State's Attorney's alleged participation in the planning and execution of a raid of this character has no greater claim to complete immunity than activities of police officers allegedly acting under his direction")
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(availability of immunity depends on character of conduct under attack)
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(nature of prosecutor’s immunity depends upon character of conduct)
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(use is bar where not purely experimental)
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(Justice Stevens, then circuit judge)
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