Bogan v. Scott-Harris

Bogan v. Scott-Harris
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 3, 1997 Decided March 3, 1998
Full case name	Daniel Bogan et al. v. Janet Scott-Harris
Docket no.	96-1569
Citations	523 U.S. 44 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Questions presented
Are actions by local officials introducing, voting for, and signing an ordinance outside the scope of legislative activities because of the motives of the government actors?
Holding
Local legislators are entitled to the same absolute immunity from civil liability under Section 1983 for their legislative activities as are federal, state and regional legislators regardless of motive or intent.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Thomas, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
US Const. amend. I; 42 U.S.C. § 1983

Bogan v. Scott-Harris, 523 U.S. 44 (1997), is a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States where the court decided unanimously local legislators are entitled to the same absolute immunity from civil liability under Section 1983 for their legislative activities as are federal, state and regional legislators regardless of motive or intent.^[1]