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Supreme Court· 10/31/1983

Larsen v. Sielaff

Citations

  • 464 U.S. 956
  • 104 S. Ct. 372
  • 78 L. Ed. 2d 330
  • 52 U.S.L.W. 3343
  • 1983 U.S. LEXIS 2218

How courts have described this case

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

  • § 1983 suit where prisoner did not seek not restoration of good-time, but just “wanted out” was functionally “a habeas corpus suit and nothing but a habeas corpus suit”
  • given the court’s cautionary instruction, no error for court to tell jury of co-defendants’ nolo contendere pleas although it is better to simply tell jury that cases of co-defendants had been disposed of without saying how
  • given the court's cautionary instruction, no error for court to tell jury of co-defendants' nolo contendere pleas although it is better to simply tell jury that cases of co-defendants had been disposed of without saying how
  • articulating principles of corporate criminal liability
  • articulating principles of corporate criminal liability

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Judges: Brennan, Certiorari

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