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· 5/3/1940

United Hydro-Carbons Co. v. Texas Pacific Coal & Oil Co.

Citations

  • 111 F.2d 564
  • 1940 U.S. App. LEXIS 4863

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Heck applies to Section 1983 conspiracy
  • holding that dismissal under Heck is without prejudice.
  • “claim [that] sounds under Brady v. Maryland . . . does indeed call into question the validity of [the] conviction”
  • dismissal under Heck is without prejudice because the suit may be reinstituted if the criminal proceeding is overturned
  • “Vacatur is required even where the court’s ruling simply ‘mak[es] a connection not established by the complaint alone’ or contains an ‘unexplained reference’ that ‘raises the possibility that it improperly relied on matters outside the pleading in granting the defendant’s Rule 12(b
  • determining plaintiff’s Brady claim was barred by Heck

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Judges: Foster

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