Legal Opinion
United States v. Kevin Rankin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 6, 1986No. 84-1562PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WEIS, Circuit Judge.
The scheduling of trials involving busy lawyers is a difficult problem of court administration that is compounded when both state and federal courts compete for the time of the. same attorneys. To meet this concern, the courts in Philadelphia adopted a compact to honor the commitments of counsel while actually in trial. In the case at hand, the district judge denied a continu- anee requested by the defendant because his counsel was engaged in the state court. As a result the defendant was forced to proceed with an appointed lawyer. Although the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- United States v. Lin M. RomanoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
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- United States v. Miriam SantosCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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