Burns_v._Reed

<i>Burns v. Reed</i>

Burns v. Reed

1991 United States Supreme Court case

Burns v. Reed, 500 U.S. 478 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case. A prosecutor was absolutely immune from damages based upon positions taken in a probable cause hearing for a search warrant. The same prosecutor was not held entitled to immunity for giving legal advice to the police about the legality of an investigative practice.[1]

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Quick Facts Burns v. Reed, Argued November 28, 1990 Decided May 30, 1991 ...

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    Burns v. Reed, 478 F.2d (1991).


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