Holding: A rule stating that if a lawsuit would mean a past conviction was wrong, the person must get that conviction overturned first before proceeding with a civil rights claim.
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Heck v. Humphrey is a Free Exercise case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1994. The court held that a rule stating that if a lawsuit would mean a past conviction was wrong, the person must get that conviction overturned first before proceeding with a civil rights claim.