Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Belasco v. California
Belasco v. Cal., 456 U.S. 979 (1982)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1982-05-17
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- 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”
- "a busy practice does not establish 'excusable neglect’ ”
- preoccupation with other matters does not constitute excusable neglect
Citator
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Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.