1. Ferri v. Ackerman, No. 78-5981 , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, October 2, 1979, Argued , December 4, 1979, Decided
OVERVIEW: An attorney appointed by a federal judge to represent an indigent client in a federal criminal trial was not, as a matter of federal law, entitled to absolute immunity in a state malpractice suit brought against him by his former client.
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