Legal Opinion
Janet Feliciano v. City of Miami Beach
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 2013No. 12-11397PublishedCited by 475 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
At early common law parties and others with an interest in the outcome of litigation were deemed incompetent to testify and barred from the witness stand on the ground that their interest made them unworthy of belief. 2 John H. Wigmore, Evidence in Trials at Common Law §§ 575-77 (Chadbourn Rev. 1979). The idea was similar to the one that H.L. Mencken expressed in another context when he remarked, “It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.” H.L. Mencken, A Little Book in C Major 22 (John Lane Co.…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Laura Skop v. City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
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3Cited by475 opinions
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