Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
California State Board of Optometry v. California Citizens Action Group
424 U.S. 961
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1976-03-22
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- plaintiff wrongfully convicted of homicide had § 1983 claim for withholding of exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady
- State investigative agent’s misleading testimony and failure to disclose exculpatory evidence at trial held to be violation of due process where it caused plaintiff’s conviction
- police officer liable under § 1983 for falsely testifying in a criminal trial
Citator
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- Authority status
- pending
- Cited by
- 36 opinions
Application to stay preliminary injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Central District of California, entered February 5, 1976, presented to Mr. Justice Rehnquist, and by him referred to the Court, granted pending further order of the Court. Mr. Jus