''Imbler v. Pachtman'', 424 U.S. 409 (1976), was a
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case in which
district attorney
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s or
prosecutor
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s were found to have full
immunity
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from civil suits resulting from their government duties.
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Imbler, a defendant in a murder trial, had been convicted and sentenced when the district attorney, Pachtman, revealed new evidence that he said had recently surfaced and which
exonerated
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Imbler. Imbler used the new evidence to successfully free himself, then brought up a civil suit alleging that Pachtman had withheld evidence. The suit, however, was dismissed on the grounds that Pachtman had
prosecutorial immunity, a finding which the Supreme Court affirmed.
See also
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List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 424
References
External links
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* Brummet, D. (1979)
Chi.-Kent L. Rev. Section 1983, Immunity, and the Public Defender: The Misapplication of Imbler v. Pachtman.'
United States substantive due process case law
United States Supreme Court cases
United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
1976 in United States case law
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