Legal Opinion
William Franz v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 10, 1983No. 81-2369PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
Separate Statement, concurring in part and dissenting in part, filed by Circuit Judge BORK.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this case is the validity of one aspect of the administration of the federal Witness Protection Program. 1 Exercising the discretion vested in them by statute, various federal officials relocated and changed the identities of a government informant, his wife, and her three children by a former marriage, in return for the informant’s testimony against alleged leaders of organized crime.…
2Cases cited71 opinions
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- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- Committee of United States Citizens Living in Nicaragua v. Ronald Wilson Reagan, President of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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- Salmeron v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Matter of Baby M.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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