United States v. The Larouche Campaign

Defendants have been charged in an over one hundred count indictment with credit card fraud, conspiracy to obstruct the grand jury investigation of the credit card fraud, and criminal contempt. They seek to bring an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s July 30,1987, June 12,1987, and August 29, 1987 orders denying their motion to dismiss the indictment because of various alleged abuses of the grand jury process. We conclude we lack appellate jurisdiction to hear these appeals because the orders sought to be appealed are not immediately appealable.

The type of grand jury abuse…