Legal Opinion
Franklin v. Terr
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 2, 2000No. 98-16843PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
A witness has absolute immunity from liability for civil damages under § 1983 for giving perjured testimony at trial. See Briscoe v. LaHue, 460 U.S. 325, 326, 103 S.Ct. 1108, 75 L.Ed.2d 96 (1983). In this case of first impression, we must decide whether a witness also has absolute immunity from liability for civil damages under § 1983 for conspiring to present her own and another -witness’s perjured testimony at trial. The district court held that a witness has such immunity. See Franklin v. Terr, No. C-97-2443 CRB, 1998 WL 230983, at *1 (N.D.Cal. Apr.30, 1998). We…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Hafer v. MeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Butz v. EconomouSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Briscoe v. LaHueSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Valerie Watterson v. Eileen PageCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by25 opinions
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