Legal Opinion
United States v. Mandel
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 4, 1976No. Crim. HM75-0822PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HERBERT F. MURRAY, District Judge.
In the motion to dismiss the indictment previously filed by defendant Mandel in this case, one of the grounds for dismissal urged was that defendant Mandel, as Governor, was entitled to invoke the doctrine of legislative immunity as a bar to the instant prosecution. While the indictment referred to certain conduct, evidence of which arguably could have been privileged under the doctrine, the Court held in a Memorandum and Order filed March 23, 1976, that the general question of the applicability of the doctrine to the Governor need not be decided in light of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Robinson v. MagovernDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1979
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- Mandel v. O'HARACourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Searingtown Corp. v. Incorporated Village of North HillsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1981
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