Heidelberg v. Hammer

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that claim against prosecutors for destruction of exculpatory evidence is barred by absolute prosecutorial immunity
• holding that a prosecutor is absolutely immune from a suit claiming that he destroyed and falsified evidence
• holding that a prosecutor is entitled to absolute immunity from suit claiming that he destroyed and falsified evidence
• explaining that the charge that prosecutors destroyed evidence is “barred by the doctrine of absolute official immunity” (referencing Imbler v. Pachtman, 424 U.S. 409, 427 (1976))
• finding claims that prosecutors destroyed and falsified evidence and suborned perjury barred by absolute immunity
• distinguishing the defense of \absolute immunity\ from \failure to state a claim\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

64 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Van Dyke Johnson v. Stephen Doughty, Doctor, John Cearlock, Don Hinderliter
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-01-17· cited 821×
• United States v. 30.64 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Klickitat County, State of Washington, and James Starr
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-07-28· cited 549×
• Greg Myers, Etc. v. R. Kathleen Morris, Scott County Attorney, Etc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-04-09· cited 525×
• Jay Dee Jackson v. County of McLean Steve Brenin, Gary Plonse, and David Goldberg
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-01-15· cited 469×
• Emmett Ray McCarthy v. Dr. F. Weinberg, M.D.
  Tenth Circuit· 1985-01-23· cited 417×
• Hampton v. Hanrahan
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-04-23· cited 368×
• Cady v. Arenac County
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-07-30· cited 355×
• Jerome MacLin v. Dr. Freake
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-06-03· cited 335×
• Briscoe v. Lahue
  Seventh Circuit· 1981-10-27· cited 293×
• William Lee Howland v. William Kilquist and Gene Truitt
  Seventh Circuit· 1987-11-09· cited 277×
• Reginald Lacroix Poole v. Larry Lambert
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-06-19· cited 189×
• Alsansa X. Caruth v. Thaddeus E. Pinkney, Warden, David Sandahl, Assistant Warden, and William O'sullivan, Assistant Warden
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-07-13· cited 152×
• Billy Merritt v. Gordon H. Faulkner
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-01-06· cited 149×
• Gary William Holt v. Jerry Pitts, Sheriff
  Sixth Circuit· 1980-02-27· cited 133×
• John Tarkowski v. Robert Bartlett Realty Company
  Seventh Circuit· 1980-01-02· cited 131×
• Armstrong v. Daily
  Seventh Circuit· 2015-05-11· cited 124×
• Hauptmann v. Wilentz
  D. New Jersey· 1983-08-11· cited 88×
• Dean Justin McKeever v. Thomas Israel and Gregory Hilt
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-09-29· cited 87×
• Stephen Buckley, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. J. Michael Fitzsimmons, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-01-14· cited 78×
• Yarris v. County of Delaware
  Third Circuit· 2006-10-02· cited 77×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Reinecke v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1933-04-10· cited 193×
• Kountze v. Omaha Hotel Co.
  Supreme Court· 1883-05-18· cited 126×
• United States Steel Corporation v. Lamp
  Sixth Circuit· 1970-12-23· cited 79×
• Stanley Moore and Judith Moore v. Mary Ryan Townsend and Jane Melnick
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-07-23· cited 39×
• American Trust Co. v. Speers Sand & Clay Works, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 1932-08-05· cited 11×