Legal Opinion
United States v. Harrison A. Williams, Jr. And Alexander Feinberg
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 5, 1983No. 168, 424, Dockets 82-1111, 82-1123PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
Harrison A. Williams, Jr., formerly United States Senator from New Jersey, and Alexander Feinberg, an attorney and close friend of Williams, appeal from judgments of conviction entered in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (George C. Pratt, Judge) after a jury trial on bribery and related charges arising out of the Abscam undercover “sting” operation. We have previously explored the factual background of Abscam and many of the legal issues arising from this controversial undertaking in upholding the sufficiency of the indictments against four…
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- Braverman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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