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Burns Vs. Reed, No.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 30, 1991

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  1. Pierson Vs. Ray US Supreme Court · Apr 11, 1967
  2. imbler Vs. Pachtman US Supreme Court · Nov 03, 1975
  3. Butz Vs. Economou US Supreme Court · Jun 29, 1978
  4. Forrester Vs. White US Supreme Court · Jan 12, 1988
  5. Malley Vs. Briggs US Supreme Court · Mar 05, 1986
  6. Mitchell Vs. Forsyth US Supreme Court · Jun 19, 1985
  7. Briscoe Vs. Lahue US Supreme Court · Mar 07, 1983
  8. Harlow Vs. Fitzgerald US Supreme Court · Jun 24, 1982
  9. Tower Vs. Glover US Supreme Court · Jun 25, 1984
  10. Tenney Vs. Brandhove US Supreme Court · May 21, 1951
  11. Westfall Vs. Erwin US Supreme Court · Jan 13, 1988
  12. Stump Vs. Sparkman US Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1978
  13. Buckley Vs. Fitzsimmons US Supreme Court · Feb 22, 1993
  14. Burns v. Reed
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  15. No. - 500 U.S. 478 (1991) U.S. Supreme Court Burns v. Reed
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  16. No., 500 U.S. 478 (1991) Burns v. Reed
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  17. probable cause hearing, but not for giving legal advice to the police. Pp. 500 U. S. 484 -496. (a) Imbler v. Pachtman
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  18. absolute immunity bears the burden of showing that it is justified by the function in question. See, e.g., Forrester v. White
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  19. in judicial proceedings, at least so long as the statements were related to the proceedings. See, e.g., Yaselli v. Goff
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  20. way related to the ultimate decision whether to prosecute. Moreover, that argument was implicitly rejected in Mitchell v. Forsyth
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  21. Tenney v. Brandhove
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  22. Imbler, supra, 424 U.S. at 424 U. S. 428 (quoting Gregoire v. Biddle
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  23. in later cases are consistent with the functional approach to immunity employed in Imbler. See, e.g., Westfall v. Erwin
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  24. Petitioner's challenge to respondent's participation in the search warrant hearing is similar to the claim in Briscoe v. LaHue
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  25. related to the proceeding), and also for eliciting false and defamatory testimony from witnesses. See, e.g., Yaselli v. Goff
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  26. Youmans v. Smith
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  27. Griffith v. Slinkard
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  28. Marsh v. Ellsworth
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  29. Jennings v. Paine
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  30. Hoar v. Wood
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  31. Mass.193, 197-198 (1841). See also King v. Skinner
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  32. see also Veeder, Absolute Immunity in Defamation, 9 Colum.L.Rev. 463, 487-488 (1909). In Yaselli v. Goff
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  33. Schultz v. Strauss
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  34. Page 500 U. S. 492 Moreover, since the issuance of a search warrant is unquestionably a judicial act, see Stump v. Sparkman
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  35. Ibid. (quoting Griffith v. Slinkard
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  36. as Amicus Curiae 20-21. We are not persuaded. First, it is American common law that is determinative, Anderson v. Creighton
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  37. Since the decision in Imbler v. Pachtman
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  38. the issue of whether absolute immunity extends to the act of giving legal advice to the police. Compare Wollenbarger v. Williams
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  39. F.2d 930, 937 (CA10 1987), with Burns v. Reed
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  40. Marx v. Gumbinner
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  41. Myers v. Morris
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  42. a decision holding that federal prosecutors were absolutely immune from suits for malicious prosecution. See Yaselli v. Goff
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  43. for malicious procurement of a search warrant, post at 500 U. S. 504 , is irrelevant. Cf. Briscoe v. LaHue
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  44. for their conduct before grand juries. See, e.g., Buckley v. Fitzsimmons
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  45. Grant v. Hollenbach
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  46. Baez v. Hennessy
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  47. Morrison v. Baton
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  48. Gray v. Bell
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  49. In Harlow v. Fitzgerald
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  50. Malley, 475 U.S. at 475 U. S. 341 , see also Mitchell v. Forsyth
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