Legal Opinion
United States v. Louis Gustav Lefaivre
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1975No. 74-1239PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents an interesting aspect of federalism: to what extent should the United States participate with the states in the attempt to control human behavior by the imposition of criminal sanctions. Tradition and history assign a subordinate role to the United States. The burden of policing behavior by application of criminal law remains heavily upon the states, and the proper role of the United States has been termed ancillary or auxiliary to that of the states. See 1 National Commission on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws,■ Working Papers 33-36 (1970).…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Nye & Nissen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by55 opinions
- United States v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Joseph C. Gallo Frederick Graewe Hartmut Graewe, Kevin Joseph McTaggart Angelo A. LonardoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Graham Lee KendallCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Derek Blackmon, Sidney Jones, Tyrone Stephens and Cecilia Grace RolandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Robert Craig, Frank P. North, Jr., Peter v. Pappas and Jack E. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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