Punch and Jurists

Weatherford v. Bursey, No. 75-1510 (U.S. Supreme Court) (429 U.S. 545; 97 S.Ct. 837) (February 22, 1977) (Justice White) by The plaintiff in this case, Brett Bursey, sued Jack Weatherford, a law enforcement agent who had worked undercover on Bursey's criminal case, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Weatherford and Bursey …

U.S. v. Danielson, No. 01-30151 (9th Cir.) (325 F.3d 1054) (March 24, 2003) (Judge William A. Fletcher) by The most honest measure of the criminal justice system is how it operates in the smallest and least consequential cases. If the Government acts with impunity in those cases, its incentive to …

U.S. v. Morrison, No. 79-395 (U.S. Supreme Court) (449 U.S. 361; 101 S.Ct. 665) (January 13, 1981) (Justice White) by "Our approach has thus been to identify and then neutralize the taint by tailoring relief appropriate in the circumstances to assure the defendant the effective assistance of counsel and a …

U.S. v. Neill, No. Crim. No. 95-0323 (D.D.C.) (952 F.Supp. 834) (January 17, 1997) (Judge Joyce Hens Green) by This rather extraordinary case depicts a new level of prosecutorial misconduct and portends a new, thoroughly outrageous, tactic that is certain to grow like wildfire now that Judge Green has found …