Newton v. Rumery, No. 85-1449 (U.S. Supreme Court) (480 U.S. 386; 107 S.Ct. 186) (March 9, 1987) (Justice Powell)
Here the Court reversed a First Circuit ruling that had adopted a rule that agreements under which a criminal defendant released his rights to file an action under § 1983 in return for a prosecutor's dismissal of criminal charges were per se invalid.
The question before the Court in this ...
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