Legal Opinion
United States v. Ford
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 11, 1977No. Nos. 76-1467, 76-1468, 76-1501 to 76-1503PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
The District Court for the District of Columbia granted motions to suppress certain evidence gathered by electronic surveil*3lance of appellees’ conversations. On this appeal by the Government1 from that ruling the facts are not in dispute.
From early 1975 members of the Narcotics Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department suspected that the Meljerveen Ltd. Shoe Circus, a shoe store in Northwest Washington, D. C., was the locus of narcotics distribution activity. Over a period of months these…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- United States v. Ronald SchleisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Bradford L. LockettCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Carrye E. MaxwellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Richard KellyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
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