Law.com: Analysis: Seventh and Ninth Circuits Decide Important ‘Heck’ Issues

Law.com: Analysis: Seventh and Ninth Circuits Decide Important ‘Heck’ Issues by Martin A. Schwartz (“The Supreme Court in ‘Heck’ held that a §1983 constitutional claim that ‘necessarily’ implies the invalidity of the plaintiff’s conviction is not ‘cognizable’ unless the conviction was overturned on appeal, collateral review, or executive order. This doctrine has generated numerous difficult issues. Martin A. Schwartz discusses two important recent circuit court decisions applying the doctrine in this edition of his Section 1983 Litigation column.”)