Necessarily implies the invalidity

Definition

The key test from Heck v. Humphrey: a Section 1983 claim is barred if a judgment in the plaintiff's favor would logically require the conclusion that the plaintiff's existing criminal conviction was wrongful. The parties sharply disagreed on whether prospective relief meets this test.

Examples

• •The central dispute was whether declaring the ordinance unconstitutional going forward 'necessarily implies' that Olivier's past conviction under the same ordinance was invalid

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