899 F. Supp. 2d 798 - Snider v. Pekny’s Empirical Analysis
2012
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Terry v. Ohio · Monell v. Department of Social Services of City of New York
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“[T]he fact that [officers] are not entitled to qualified immunity for the earlier warrantless search of the pole barn does not necessarily allow claims against them based on subsequent actions that rely on the dug out box recovered during that unlawful search. This is in part because the 'fruit of the poisonous tree' doctrine ... does not apply to civil claims made under § 1983.... [G]overnmental officials are not liable for arrest or prosecution merely because it is premised on evidence obtained in an unlawful search.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In a § 1983 suit .... [t]he fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine is not available to elongate the chain of causation.... The evil of an unreasonable search or seizure is that it invades privacy, not that it uncovers crime, which is no evil at all.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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