Legal Opinion
United States v. Johns-Manville Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 1964No. Cr. 21118PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DUSEN, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM SUR DEFENDANTS’ SUGGESTED ORDER REQUIRING THE UNITED STATES TO ESTABLISH BY INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE THE CONSPIRACY AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONSPIRATORS THEREIN
Defendants have asked for this provision in the pretrial order (paragraph 27):
“27. The Government shall be required to establish by prima facie evidence (1) the existence of the conspiracy charged in the indictment; and (2) membership in the conspiracy of
“(a) each defendant before offering the ex parte acts or declarations of one defendant against another defendant,
“(b) each defendant and each…
2Cases cited60 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by20 opinions
- American Hoist & Derrick Company, Cross-Appellee v. Sowa & Sons, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Columbia Metal Culvert Company, Inc. v. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Mt. Lebanon Motors, Inc. v. Chrysler CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
- United States v. Johns-Manville CorporationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1966
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