Summary and Analysis of Chastain v. Sundquist, Recent Court of Appeals Decision Concerning Application of the Official Immunity Doctrine to Members of Congress.

Analyzes case law concerning congressional members use of free speech and official immunity as a defense in common law tort suits arising from performance of official non-legislative duties.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1988.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Freedom of speech. Actions and defenses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Analyzes case law concerning congressional members use of free speech and official immunity as a defense in common law tort suits arising from performance of official non-legislative duties.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.