Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit January 11, 1982, 80-7409 (Earl Charles v. F. W. Wade, Leo B. Ryan and City of Savannah, Georgia)

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge,

concurring in part, dissenting in part:

I concur in Parts I, II, IV, and V of the majority opinion. I respectfully dissent, however, from Part III, which holds that in a § 1983 action, a police officer is absolutely immune from liability for testimony given as a witness in the course of his official duties.