Legal Opinion

John Briggs v. Guy Goodwin, Individually and as Attorney for the Department of Justice (Stafford)

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided December 1, 1977No. 75-1578PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

During the summer of 1972, Guy Goodwin, an attorney in the Department of Justice, together with United States Attorney William H. Stafford, Jr. 1 and Assistant United States Attorney Stuart J. Carrouth for the Northern District of Florida, conducted therein grand jury proceedings at which appellants, 2 among others, were subpoenaed to appear. On motion by newly-retained counsel for appellants, 3 the District Judge responsible for those proceedings called Goodwin to the witness stand and inquired as to whether any of the “witnesses represented by…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Hanna v. PlumerSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Stafford v. BriggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. James Cameron v. Richard Thornburgh, Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
  3. Briggs v. GoodwinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
  4. Lamont v. HaigCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
  5. American Jewish Congress v. Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978

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