Mitchell v. Zweibon
Mitchell v. Zweibon Nixon v. Smith and Zweibon v. Mitchell
Mitchell v. Zweibon, 453 U.S. 912 (1981)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: Nos. 79-881 and 79-883, 196 U. S. App. D. C. 265, 606 F. 2d 1172 ; No. 79-882, 196 U. S. App. D. C. 276, 606 F. 2d 1183 .
Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.
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(finding the collateral order test satisfied because the question of immunity from suit was totally unconnected with the merits of the action)
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(also cited as Forsyth I because the court of appeals decided both cases in a single opinion)
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(statute designed to deter or prevent government from improperly invading individual privacy)
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(“the decision of the Attorney General, or a prosecuting attorney, to initiate a prosecution is not made in a vacuum ... [t]he right to make the decision ... must include some limited right to gather necessary information”)
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(If Attorney General's authorization of warrantless wiretap was made in attempt to secure information to determine whether to initiate a criminal prosecution, then he was entitled to absolute immunity. Case remanded to district court for development of the record)
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(claim of absolute official immunity)
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