Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward A. Johnson, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1998No. 95-5021PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
Defendant Edward A. Johnson was convicted of crimes which focused on sales between 1982 and 1987 to Chilean purchasers of zirconium which was made into cluster bombs sold to Iraq. Although the export of the zirconium for this purpose was prohibited by laws of the United States, Johnson sought to defend the charges against him by establishing that the United States — in particular, Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, the Central Intelligence Agency and high ranking members of the military- — encouraged the Teledyne companies, Johnson’s employers, to export the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- United States v. RosenthalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Juan Baptista-Rodriguez, Ramon Calvo, and Julio R. DiazCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- United States v. WebberCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- United States v. SalemmeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- United States v. HasnerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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