Legal Opinion
United States v. Whittaker
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 12, 2001No. Crim.A. No. 01-107PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*365 MEMORANDUM
DALZELL, District Judge.
Because the same United States Attorney’s Office regarded him a perpetrator and a victim of the same alleged insurance fraud, defendant Wayne Whittaker has filed a motion to disqualify that office for its alleged ethical breaches. As we have found no other case presenting such extraordinary conduct on the part of the Government, we consider Whittaker’s motion at some length. Background
On February 22, 2001, a Grand Jury indicted Whittaker for mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, arising out of what was claimed to be an “insurance give-up”.…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Wayne WhittakerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
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