Legal Opinion
United States v. Isaura Figueroa Cepeda
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 5, 1985No. 1176, Docket 85-1034PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
In 1925 Judge Learned Hand referred to conspiracy as “that darling of the modern prosecutor’s nursery.” Harrison v. United States, 7 F.2d 259, 263 (2d Cir.1925). Twenty-four years later, Justice Jackson, in a memorable opinion, referred to the history of conspiracy as exemplifying, in Cardozo’s phrase, “the ‘tendency of a principle to expand itself to the limit of its logic,’ ” protesting that “loose practice as to this offense constitutes a serious threat to fairness in our administration of justice.” Krulewitch v. United States, 336 U.S. 440, 445-46, 69 S.Ct. 716,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Rogers v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Blumenthal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. FalconeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. Carmine TramuntiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. CasamentoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- United States v. CasamentoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Ronald BrownCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- United States v. GoreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Raymond M. KorfantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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