functional-approach

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
22-857	Paulette H. Foster, et al. v. Michael Wearry	Fifth Circuit	2023-03-08	Denied		absolute-immunity buckley-v-fitzsimmons civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process functional-approach judicial-phase prosecutorial-immunity section-1983 witness-preparation	Whether preparing witnesses to bolster existing evidence intended for use at the criminal trial, after probable cause has been determined, is a functi…
21-1255	Acres Bonusing, Inc., et al. v. Lester John Marston, et al.	Ninth Circuit	2022-03-16	Denied		absolute-immunity administrative-conduct circuit-split conspiratorial-conduct court-employees functional-approach judicial-immunity ministerial-conduct	Should this Court's 'functional' approach to absolute immunity be discarded to allow absolute judicial immunity to bar claims against court employees …
19-371	Stephen S. Wise Temple v. Julie Su	California	2019-09-19	Dismissed	Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse Waived	employment-discrimination first-amendment first-amendment-free-exercise free-exercise functional-approach hosanna-tabor hosanna-tabor-v-eeoc judicial-interpretation ministerial-exception religious-education religious-institutions transmitting-faith	Whether courts should apply a functional approach to the ministerial exception that does not punish religious institutions for employing non-adherents…