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· 12/9/1980

Allen v. McCurry

Citations

  • 449 U.S. 90
  • 101 S. Ct. 411
  • 66 L. Ed. 2d 308
  • 1980 U.S. LEXIS 156
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 4015

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “a state court decision that the police acted legally [i.e., with probable cause] cannot but foreclose a [§ 1988] claim that they acted in bad faith”

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Judges: Stewart, Burger, White, Powell, Rehnqüist, Stevens, Blackmun, Brennan, Marshall

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