Legal Opinion
Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 22, 1989No. 87-1816PublishedCited by 619 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
This case presents the question whether Rule 609(a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Evidence requires a judge to let a civil litigant impeach an adversary’s credibility with evidence of the adversary’s prior felony convictions. Because the Courts of Appeals have answered that question in different ways, we granted certiorari to resolve the conflict. 487 U. S. 1203 (1988).
*506While in custody at a county prison, petitioner Paul Green obtained work-release employment at a car wash. On his sixth day at work, Green reached inside a large dryer to try to stop it. A heavy rotating drum caught and tore off…
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