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

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Ct. App. Cal., 2d App. Dist. Certiorari denied.