Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Sawyer, No. Cr.A. 96-10312EFH (D.Mass.) (74 F.Supp.2d 88) (November 15, 1999) (Judge Edward F. Harrington) by QUOTE OF THE WEEK - The dangers of using “obscure or strained interpretations of state law” as a “jurisdictional hook” to commence Federal prosecutions. “[T]his Court re-emphasizes the threat to the liberty …

U.S. v. Adkinson, No. 92-2872 (11th Cir.) (135 F.3d 1363) (February 23, 1998) (Judge James C. Hill) by This is an intriguing case in which the Eleventh Circuit dismissed a series of convictions following a five month trial, during which 115 witnesses generated more than 85 volumes and 17,500 pages …

U.S. v. Adkinson, No. 92-2872 (11th Cir.) (135 F.3d 1363) (February 23, 1998) (Judge James C. Hill) by United States v. Adkinson, 135 F.3d 1363 (11th Cir. 1998) (Judge Hill) ("Adkinson I") United States v. Adkinson, 158 F.3d 1147 (11th Cir. 1998) (Judge Hill) ("Adkinson II") These two rather extraordinary …

U.S. v. Ailemen, No. CR-94-0003-VRW (WDB) (N.D.Cal.) (986 F.Supp. 1228) (October 24, 1997) (Judge Vaughn R. Walker) by Case granted motion to supress evidence on grounds that the affidavit in support of the wiretap order was seriously deficient and it failed to meet the "necessity requirements" contained in § 2518(1)(c). …

U.S. v. Griffith, No. 95-2244 (7th Cir.) (85 F.3d 284) (May 29, 1996) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy) by The defendant contended that his conviction of money laundering required the court to make a chain of statutory linkages which was so tenuous as to render the laundering statute's application to his …