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Where the 4th Circuit earlier reversed defendant’s conviction under the Hobbs Act because the jury instructions did not require proof of a quid pro quo in connection with defendant’s receipt of an alleged campaign contribution, the court remains convinced upon ...

Where the trial court, at defendant’s trial for distribution of cocaine base within 1,000 feet of a school in violation of 21 U.S.C. § § 841(a)(1), 860(a), allowed the government to cross-examine character witnesses by posing questions based on the ...

Where the officer admitted at trial that he wrongly told the grand jury of a drug co-conspirator who the agent inadvertently called by defendant’s name, this testimony does not require reversal of defendant’s conviction. The agent unintentionally confused the other ...

Where the attorney acted both as attorney and as guardian ad litem appointed by the court to act on behalf of one of the defendants in the underlying action, the GAL attorney’s fees may not be charged against an opposing ...

The trustee is entitled to recover a number of both pre- and post-petition transfers made by debtor construction company to the defendant in this case. Section 548(a) provides that the trustee may avoid any transfer of property of the debtor ...

Although the government earlier assessed $300,000 in civil penalties under 30 U.S.C. § 820(a) against defendant coal mine in connection with a roof cave-in which killed four miners, an additional assessment of criminal penalties under 30 U.S.C. § 820(d) for ...

Where the student suffers from a number of handicapping conditions, including serious emotional disturbances, fetal alcohol syndrome, and attention deficit disorder, and has been violent and unpredictable in regular public school classes, and the parents refused to participate in the ...

Where debtors’ plan of reorganization called for a loan from a community savings bank in exchange for a first deed of trust on the debtors’ home, and this bank could only lend these funds if the loan was collateralized by ...

Where plaintiff, a black male and former electronics engineer employed by the Department of the Navy, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-16(c) alleging denial of promotion due to discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, sex and religion, ...

Where plaintiff was told by her surgeon that her hand surgery was possibly performed with unsterilized instruments, and her physicians prolonged her hospital stay and prescribed intravenous antibiotics necessitated by the risk of infection from the unsterilized instruments, and plaintiff ...