Simmons v. Beshouri’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
January 2012
most recently cited
2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Heck v. Humphrey · Williams v. Hill
Most-quoted passages
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“[B]ecause [plaintiff’s] convictions have not been reversed, expunged, or declared invalid, his claims are barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 , 114 S.Ct. 2364 , 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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