Legal Opinion
United States v. James Milton Lund
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1988No. 87-5642PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
James Lund, an employee of the Defense Communications Agency, was indicted on three counts of violating the federal conflict-of-interest statute, 18 U.S.C. § 208(a), based on his alleged participation in three intra-agency personnel decisions in which his wife, who was one of his subordinates, had a financial interest. The district court dismissed the indictment on the ground that § 208(a) did not apply to conflicts of interest in intra-agency personnel matters. We find this narrow construction of § 208(a) to be inconsistent with the statute’s plain and…
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