Burns v. Reed

Burns v. Reed
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 28, 1990 Decided May 30, 1991
Full case name	Cathy Burns, Petitioner v. Rick Reed
Citations	500 U.S. 478 (more) 111 S. Ct. 1934; 114 L. Ed. 2d 547; 1991 U.S. LEXIS 3018; 59 U.S.L.W. 4536; 91 Cal. Daily Op. Service 3961; 91 Daily Journal DAR 6290
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter
Case opinions
Majority	White, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter
Concur/dissent	Scalia, joined by Blackmun; Marshall (part III)

Burns v. Reed, 500 U.S. 478 (1991), was a United States Supreme Court case. A prosecutor was absolutely immune from damages based upon positions taken in a probable cause hearing for a search warrant. The same prosecutor was not held entitled to immunity for giving legal advice to the police about the legality of an investigative practice.^[1]

References

1. Burns v. Reed, 478 F.2d (1991).

External Links

• Oyez: Burns v. Reed, No. - 500 U.S. 478 (1991)
• Full text of Burns v. Reed at Justia