Legal Opinion
United States v. Alayne B. Adams (87-5388), Mayo L. Coiner (87-5424)
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1989No. 87-5388, 5424PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
Alayne Adams and her husband, Mayo Coiner, were indicted on charges of making false federal income tax returns. They moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the prosecution had been initiated in retaliation for a sex discrimination suit that Ms. Adams had filed against the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The motion to dismiss was supported by affidavits of a former employee of the EEOC and a former Internal Revenue Service employee. The latter affiant suggested that criminal prosecutions are unusual where, as in this case, there…
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- United States v. Pablo BerriosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
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