Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Larsen v. Sielaff

464 U.S. 956

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1983-10-31
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • § 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
  • articulating principles of corporate criminal liability

Citator

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Cited by
53 opinions

C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.

Justice Brennan and Justice Marshall would grant certiorari.