Legal Opinion
Brady v. Dill
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 22, 1999No. 98-2293PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal poses an intriguing question of constitutional law. Suppose that the following scenario exists: (1) the police arrest a person pursuant to a facially valid warrant, supported by probable cause; (2) the person, though named in the warrant, asserts that he is actually innocent; and (3) the police come to believe that claim. In those circumstances, can the officers be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for their refusal unilaterally to release the person whom they have arrested? The district court answered this question unconditionally in the affirmative. We…
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