Imbler v. Pachtman

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Imbler v. Pachtman
ArgueDate=November 3
ArgueYear=1975
DecideDate=March 2
DecideYear=1976
FullName=Paul Kern Imbler, Petitioner, v. Richard Pachtman, District Attorney.
USVol=424
USPage=409
Citation=96 S.Ct. 984, 47 L.Ed.2d 128 (1976)
Prior=
Subsequent=
Holding=
SCOTUS=1975-1981
Majority=Powell
JoinMajority=Burger, Stewart, Blackmun, Rehnquist
Concurrence=White
Concurrence2=
Dissent=
NotParticipating=Stevens
LawsApplied=

"Imbler v. Pachtman", 424 U.S. 409 (1976)ref|citation, was a United States Supreme Court case in which district attorneys or prosecutors were found to have full immunity from civil suits resulting from their government duties.

Imbler a defendant in a murder trial, had been convicted and sentenced when the District Attorney, Pachtman, revealed new evidence that he said had recently surfaced and that exonerated Imbler. Imbler used the new evidence to successfully free himself, then brought up a civil suit alleging that Pachman had withheld evidence. The suit, however, was dismissed on the grounds that Pachtman has prosecutorial immunity, a finding which the supreme court affirmed.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 424

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External links

* [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=us/424/409.html Imbler v. Pachtman at Findlaw.com] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
* [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/424/424.US.409.74-5435.html Imbler v. Pachtman at Public.Resource.org]
* Brummet, D. (1979) Chi.-Kent L. Rev. " [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&q=info:UQPywcO4JdMJ:scholar.google.com/&output=viewport Section 1983, Immunity, and the Public Defender: The Misapplication of Imbler v. Pachtman.] "