Legal Opinion
Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1993No. 91-7849PublishedCited by 2,393 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
In an action brought under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, petitioner seeks damages from respondent prosecutors for allegedly fabricating evidence diming the preliminary investigation of a crime and making false statements at a press conference announcing the return of an indictment. The questions presented are whether respondents are absolutely immune from liability on either or both of these claims.
As the case comes to us, we have no occasion to consider whether some or all of respondents’ conduct may be protected by qualified immunity. Moreover, we make two important assumptions about the case: first,…
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