Legal Opinion
Brawer v. Horowitz
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided May 12, 1976No. Nos. 75-1907, 75-2003PublishedCited by 172 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision is whether the district court erred in dismissing a complaint that alleged a federal prosecutor and a cooperating witness had conspired to use perjured testimony and to conceal exculpatory evidence in order to convict appellants. The lower court held that both the prosecutor and the witness were immune from civil suit and, therefore, dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted. We held these appeals pending the Supreme Court’s decision in Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 96 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Haines v. KernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by172 opinions
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- Rose v. BartleCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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