Legal Opinion

United States v. Eid Hammad, A/K/A Eddie Hammad, and Taiseer Hammad

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 12, 1988No. 882, Docket 87-1513PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

On November 30, 1985, the Hammad Department Store in Brooklyn, New York, caught fire under circumstances suggesting arson. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was assigned to investigate in conjunction with the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.

During the course of his investigation, an Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) discovered that the store’s owners, Taiseer and Eid Hammad, had been audited by the New York State Department of Social Services for Medicaid fraud. The audit revealed that the Hammad brothers had…

2Cases cited34 opinions

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  4. Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by16 opinions

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