Supreme Court of the United States December 10, 1985, 84-732 (Cleavinger v. Saxner)

Justice Rehnquist,

with whom The Chief Justice and Justice White join, dissenting.

The Court concludes that the members of the Institution Discipline Committee of a federal prison are more like school board members than they are like administrative law judges or members of a parole, board, and that therefore they are not entitled to absolute immunity from liability for damages.