Full case name Briscoe v. LaHue End date 1983 | Dissent Brennan | |
Citations 460 U.S. 325 (more)
75 L. Ed.2d 96, 103 S. Ct. 1108 (1983) Prior history 663 F.2d 713 (7th Cir. 1981) Majority Stevens, joined by Burger, White, Powell, Rehnquist, O'Connor Dissent Marshall, joined by Blackmun Similar Stump v Sparkman, Bivens v Six Unknown, Ashcroft v Iqbal | ||
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. ยง 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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