Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Bishop v. Furtado
444 U.S. 1035
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1980-01-14
- Topic
- labor-and-employment
How later courts describe this case
- sustaining awards of $1,000 and $9,000 for time spent in segregation
- court declines to decide whether,' in civil action, Rule 403 grants district judge discretion to exclude prior felony conviction otherwise admissible under Rule 609(a)(1) because exclusion under Rule 609(a)(1
- deceased attorney's affidavit of his conversation with defendant trustworthy and admissible under Fed.R.Evid. 804(b)(5
- “[Vjindication of federal civil rights ... is peculiarly subject to federal substantive law.”
- fee may not be calculated merely by halving dollar recovery
- court declined to resolve application of Fed.R.Evid. 403
- finding it unnecessary to resolve the question
Citator
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C. A. 1st Cir. Motion of respondents for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.