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· 4/27/1981

Assarsson v. United States

Citations

  • 451 U.S. 938
  • 101 S. Ct. 2017
  • 68 L. Ed. 2d 325
  • 49 U.S.L.W. 3806
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 1843

How courts have described this case

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  • Summary judgment was appropriate for a police chief whose officers were accused of police brutality because the police chief was not involved personally.
  • ”[n]o right of a defendant’s violated when a potential witness freely chooses not to talk; a witness may of his own free will refuse to be interviewed by either the prosecution or the defense”
  • preoccupation with other matters does not constitute excusable neglect

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