Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Brown v. Department of the Navy

493 U.S. 831

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1989-10-02
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • intervening acts of prosecutor and grand jury break the chain of causation and shield the officer unless § 1983 plaintiff claiming false arrest and prosecution can show that intervening acts resulted from deception or undue pressure of officers
  • "Federal prosecution was only a possibility over which the State Attorney had no control...."
  • failure of counsel to warn client of such collateral consequences, absent actively providing misadvice, does not fall below the range of competence demanded of attorneys in criminal cases
  • referring to federal/state cooperation as a “welcome innovation”

Citator

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Authority status
pending
Cited by
85 opinions

C. A. Fed. Cir. Certiorari denied.