Legal Opinion
United States v. Carroll Leppo, United States of America v. Leppo, Carroll
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 5, 1980No. 80-2225, 80-2277PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
Twenty-five circuit judges constituting a court in banc rarely achieve unanimity in the result, reasoning, and contents of an opinion, but that is exactly what happened in the case of United States v. Dunbar, 611 F.2d 985 (5th Cir. 1980) (in banc). Dunbar presented the identical issue before us in this motion for a stay and petition for a writ of mandamus: does an appeal from the denial of a motion for dismissal on grounds of double jeopardy, deemed frivolous by the district court, divest that court of jurisdiction to proceed with trial? The Fifth…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United States v. JornSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by87 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BradySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
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