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BRISCOE v. LaHUE

Nos. 78-2378, 79-1279 and 80-1484.

663 F.2d 713 (1981)

Carlisle W. BRISCOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sgt. Martin LaHUE, Defendant-Appellee. Charles TALLEY, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James D. CROSSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Chris P. VICKERS, Sr. and James N. Ballard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Sgt. James W. HUNLEY, Individually and in his capacity as an agent or employee of the Cedar Lake, Indiana Police Department, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund B. Moran, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Harriet Lipkin, Bloomington, Ind., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, KUNZIG, Judge, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

These three consolidated cases present several issues concerning the scope of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985(3) (1976). The common thread in these cases is the question whether police officers can be sued under § 1983 for testifying falsely in criminal proceedings. In each case, judgment was entered for defendants. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

I.

The facts in the cases before us are as follows.

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