Legal Opinion
Williams v. Hepting
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 18, 1988No. 87-3333PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal from the dismissal of a civil rights suit brought by a prisoner, the major question for decision is whether a witness who testifies at a preliminary hearing is entitled to absolute immunity from a subsequent civil rights suit for damages based on allegedly perjured testimony given at those proceedings. We must also decide whether the district court properly abstained from adjudicating certain civil rights claims which, in essence, seek to attack the validity of a state court conviction, while an appeal of that conviction remains…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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3Cited by69 opinions
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