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· 1/23/1996

William G. Moore, Jr. v. Joseph B. Valder

Citations

  • 65 F.3d 189
  • 314 U.S. App. D.C. 209

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a “retaliatory prosecution claim ... does allege the violation of clearly established law”
  • holding that prosecutors are absolutely immune from liability for their “knowing or inadvertent” failure to disclose materially exculpatory evidence
  • stating that \actions that require the prosecutor to exercise his professional judgment ... are ... quintessentially discretionary\
  • stating that “actions that require the prosecutor to exercise his professional judgment ... are ... quintessential^ discretionary”
  • holding that “[d]eciding whether to prosecute” is “quintessentially discretionary”
  • finding that “prosecutorial immunity [ ] protects [the prosecutor] from liability for allegedly concealing exculpatory evidence from the grand jury and for allegedly manipulating evidence before the grand jury”

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Judges: Edwards, Wald, Henderson

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