Judicial act
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 74 U.S. 523 - Randall v. Brigham · 1868Most cited · 347 citing opinions
attorney admission and removal
Both the admission and the removal of attorneys are judicial acts.
How often courts cite the cases defining “Judicial act”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “Judicial act” — 479 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases 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.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1868–1938
the conciliation commissioner, like the referee, exercises some of the 'judicial authority' of the bankruptcy court. The acts just detailed were judicial acts. Error within his jurisdiction does not subject him to personal liability. This doctrine is quite clear when, as here, no rule or positive enactment was violated and the acts were bona fide.