Forrester v. White

Forrester v. White
Argued November 2, 1987
Decided January 12, 1988
Full case nameCynthia A. Forrester v. Howard Lee White
Citations484 U.S. 219 (more)
108 S. Ct. 538; 98 L. Ed. 2d 555; 1988 U.S. LEXIS 308
Case history
Prior792 F.2d 647 (7th Cir. 1986); cert. granted, 479 U.S. 1083 (1987).
Subsequent846 F.2d 29 (7th Cir. 1988).
Holding
Judges do not have absolute immunity in performing administrative functions.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia
Case opinion
MajorityO'Connor, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
42 U.S.C. § 1983

Forrester v. White, 484 U.S. 219 (1988), was a case decided on by the United States Supreme Court. The case restricted judicial immunity in certain instances.