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Briscoe Vs. Lahue
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- US Supreme Court
- Mar 07, 1983
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U.S. 325 (1983) U.S. Supreme Court Briscoe v. LaHueSearch
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U.S. 325 (1983) Briscoe v. LaHueSearch
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process. Section 1983 does not authorize a damages claim against private witnesses. Similarly, judges, Pierson v. RaySearch
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U. S. 547 , and prosecutors, Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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Second, since 1951, when this Court decided Tenney v. BrandhoveSearch
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City of Newport v. FactSearch
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Concerts, Inc., 453 U. S. 247 , 453 U. S. 258 (1981). See Pierson v. RaySearch
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Page 460 U. S. 331 was well established in English common law. Cutler v. DixonSearch
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Anfield v. FeverhillSearch
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Henderson v. BroomheadSearch
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Dawkins v. LordSearch
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Calkins v. SumnerSearch
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induce two forms of self-censorship. First, witnesses might be reluctant to come forward to testify. See Henderson v. BroomheadSearch
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And once a witness is on the stand, his testimony might be distorted by the fear of subsequent liability. See Barnes v. McCrateSearch
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existing at common law, and petitioners do not contend otherwise. Like the immunity for legislators at issue in Tenney v. BrandhoveSearch
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these officials. We have held that state judges are absolutely immune from liability for their judicial acts, Pierson v. RaySearch
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and that state prosecutors have absolute immunity from liability for their actions in initiating prosecutions, Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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has been the nature of the judicial proceeding itself. Thus, in his opinion concurring in the judgment in Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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King v. SkinnerSearch
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See Monroe v. PapeSearch
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Cf. Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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Gregoire v. BiddleSearch
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of this case. In 1871, common law immunity for witnesses was well settled. The principles set forth in Pierson v. RaySearch
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to protect judges and in Imbler v. PachtmanSearch
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not held that the false testimony of a police officer, in itself, violates constitutional rights. See United States v. AgursSearch
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was one of 50 to 100 persons who might have robbed the trailer, did not meet the State's burden of proof. Briscoe v. StateSearch
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A rule of absolute witness immunity has been adopted by the majority of Courts of Appeals. Brawer v. HorowitzSearch
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Burke v. MillerSearch
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Charles v. WadeSearch
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Myers v. BullSearch
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Blevins v. FordSearch
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and the Fifth Amendment). But see Briggs v. GoodwinSearch
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Hilliard v. WilliamsSearch
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action), cert. denied sub nom. Clark v. HilliardSearch
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counsel may cause the trial process to deprive an accused person of his liberty in an unconstitutional manner, Cuyler v. SullivanSearch
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by conspiring with the prosecutor or other state officials. See Dennis v. SparksSearch
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may not be given a literal reading. See National Society of Professional Engineers v. UnitedSearch
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J. Townshend, A Treatise on the Wrongs Called Slander and Libel 353-354 (2d ed. 1872). See, e.g., Lawson v. HicksSearch
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Myers v. HodgesSearch
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Smith v. HowardSearch
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Gardemal v. McWilliamsSearch
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Burke v. RyanSearch
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