legislative immunity

• Legislative immunity

• Illinois Constitution

• Court Case Tests Legislative Immunity From Lawsuits

In the letter, Cooper described his failed attempts to get the Yellowstone County commissioners to change the name of Squaw Creek Road, which runs through where both men own property. For a Montana representative, with no military service, to lie with malicious anger and declare me a criminal in the military, a mental patient and 'not an ordinary member of society' and to have his false statements heard on the House floor, in the Montana Capitol, and broadcast throughout Montana is unfair.

• Billings Gazette, The
• February 17, 2010

• U.S. District Court, Md., Case Summaries: November 8, 2009

Administrative Law Legislative immunity

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• November 09, 2009

• Empress Casino Jolie v. Rod Blagoje, (7th Cir. 2011)

... also rejected Blagojevich's claim of legislative immunity. But the court accepted the racetracks' a...

• Federal Circuits

• Legislative Immunity

The SPEECH OR DEBATE CLAUSE immunizes federal legislators from civil or criminal actions based on legislative acts. I...

• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• KA-PU

• Arizona Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard Lawyer Says He 'Aced' Polygraph Test

The attorney for embattled Senate Majority Leader Scott Bundgaard, who has been under political pressure to relinquish his leadership position after being involved in a domestic violence incident Feb. 25, today released the results of a polygraph test that shows he is telling the truth. In the three-question exam, Bundgaard said he did not touch Aubry Ballard with the intention of harming her during a physical altercation on the side of the freeway, nor did he claim legislative immunity when he was detained by the police at the scene. He also said he told the police that he had had to take his handgun from Ballard during the fracas.

• Arizona Capitol Times
• March 18, 2011

• Legislative immunity

• Kansas Constitution

• Fayette Commissioner's Complaints Too Vague

A Fayette County commissioner's allegations of retaliation by her fellow commissioners are too vague for a federal judge to determine whether legislative immunity applies, according to a recommendation handed down in U.S. District Court on Tuesday. Republican Commissioner Angela Zimmerlink in February filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Democratic commissioners Vincent Zapotosky and Vincent Vicites. In it, she alleges the pair worked in tandem against her because she "has been a frequent and outspoken critic" of their policies.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• September 01, 2010

• Holton's Immunity Upheld: Indictment Based On Councilwoman's Votes

Saying "at last justice has prevailed," Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen L. Holton praised Maryland's top court late Wednesday for declining to reinstate criminal charges that she had committed bribery, and later perjury, in voting for tax breaks for developers who had made an indirect payment to her. The Court of Appeals said Holton enjoyed legislative immunity from prosecution related to her vote. The immunity enables lawmakers to cast votes without fear of criminal sanction or litigation, the court said.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• July 20, 2011

• Insurance Fraud Whistleblowers May Get Immunity From Legislature ; a Legislative Committee Voted Tuesday to Sponsor a Bill That Would Grant Immunity From Civil Lawsuits to Consumers and Investigators Who Suspect a Company, Broker or Agent of Insurance Fraud and Report to Law Enforcement. State Law Already Provides Immunity to Investigators Within the State Insurance Commissioner's Office, but It Exempts Industry Employees From Protection.

By Michelle Dynes mdynes@wyomingnews.com

• Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
• November 10, 2010