AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Corrections Law
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Malicious Prosecution

          U.S. Supreme Court Holds that courts should dismiss federal civil rights suits seeking damages when a judgment in favor of the plaintiff necessarily implies the invalidity of the plaintiff's criminal sentence, but that sentence has not already been overturned. Heck v. Humphrey, 114 S.Ct. 2364 (1994).

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