· 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
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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