Legal Opinion
United States v. William Spain
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1987No. 86-1401PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
The defendant was indicted for possession with intent to distribute a drug alleged to be a Schedule I controlled substance. The defendant entered a guilty plea to the count but reserved the right to appeal the denial of his motion to dismiss the count. The drug here concerned is 3, 4 methylene-dioxymethamphetamine .
The basic question on appeal is whether the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had authority to act under the 1984 Act which became 21 U.S.C. § 811(h) and put this drug on Schedule I under a delegation of authority made by the Attorney General in 1973 to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. GiordanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Arthur Mitchell LueckCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Ray RoyaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. JohnsonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1988
- United States v. Natalie GranberryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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