Legal Opinion
Van de Kamp v. Goldstein
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 26, 2009No. 07-854PublishedCited by 869 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
We here consider the scope of a prosecutor’s absolute immunity from claims asserted under Rev. Stat. §1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983. See Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U. S. 409 (1976). We ask whether that immunity extends to claims that the prosecution failed to disclose impeachment material, see Giglio v. United States, 405 U. S. 150 (1972), due to: (1) a failure properly to train prosecutors, (2) a failure properly to supervise prosecutors, or (3) a failure to establish an information system containing potential impeachment material about informants. We conclude that a prosecutor’s absolute immunity…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Burns v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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