U.S. v. Ekwunoh, No. CR 91-684 (JBW) (E.D.N.Y.) (888 F.Supp. 369) (December 9, 1994) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)

Loaded on Aug. 1, 1994

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United States v. Ekwunoh, 888 F.Supp. 364 (E.D.N.Y. 1994)
United States v. Ekwunoh, 888 F.Supp. 369 (E.D.N.Y. 1994)

These two related decisions are updates of the long-running feud between Senior District Judge Jack Weinstein and the Second Circuit regarding the ability of a judge to depart from the rigidity of …

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