Patterson v. Burge

How courts have described this case

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• holding that Heck prevented the plaintiff from advancing his Fourth Amendment claims until his conviction was overturned where the “only evidence” used at trial stemmed from coerced and fabricated testimony
• stating that the plaintiff’s § 1983 conspiracy claims’ accrual are determined by the same analysis that applies to each individual claim and that a conspiracy claim cannot be based on a dismissed underlying action
• if the function was administrative or investigatory, the prosecutor enjoys only qualified immunity
• “Defendant Cook County, though not an employer of any individual defendant for purposes of respondeat superior liability . . . nevertheless may be required to pay judgments entered against county officials in their official capacities.”
• the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office is the leader of law enforcement
• “[I]n addition to charging defendants with hiding the fact that his confession was coerced and fabricated . . . Patterson accuses defendants of obstructing justice and violating his right to a fair trial through actions they took outside the interrogation room.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).