Briscoe v. LaHue
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Briscoe v. LaHue | |||||
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Argued November 9, 1982 Decided March 7, 1983 |
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Full case name | Briscoe v. LaHue | ||||
Citations | 460 U.S. 325 (more)
75 L. Ed.2d 96, 103 S. Ct. 1108 (1983)
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Prior history | 663 F.2d 713 (7th Cir. 1981) | ||||
Holding | |||||
A defendant in a criminal trial is not entitled to civil damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 for perjured testimony against him by police officers. | |||||
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Case opinions | |||||
Majority | Stevens, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist and O'Connor | ||||
Dissent | Brennan | ||||
Dissent | Marshall, joined by Blackmun | ||||
Dissent | Blackmun | ||||
Laws applied | |||||
42 U.S.C. § 1983 |
Briscoe v. LaHue, 460 U.S. 325 (1983), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 did not authorize a convicted state defendant to assert a claim for damages against a police officer for giving perjured testimony at the defendant's criminal trial.
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