End date 1991 | ||
Full case name Cathy Burns, Petitioner v. Rick Reed Citations 500 U.S. 478 (more)
111 S. Ct. 1934; 114 L. Ed. 2d 547; 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3018; 59 U.S.L.W. 4536; 91 Cal. Daily Op. Service 3961; 91 Daily Journal DAR 6290 Majority White, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter Concur/dissent Scalia, joined by Blackmun; Marshall (part III) Similar Argersinger v Hamlin, Alabama v Shelton, Arizona v Fulminante, Johnson v Zerbst, Powell v Alabama | ||
Burns v. Reed, 500 U.S. 478 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case. A prosecutor was absolutely immune from damages based upon positions taken in a probable cause hearing for a search warrant. The same prosecutor was not held entitled to immunity for giving legal advice to the police about the legality of an investigative practice.
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