absolute immunity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 337 U.S. 137 - Smith v. United States · 1949Most cited · 381 citing opinions
absolute immunity from federal criminal prosecution for offenses disclosed by the evidence must be given a person compelled to testify after claim of privilege against self-incrimination
How often courts cite the case defining “absolute immunity”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “absolute immunity” — 378 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.