Legal Opinion
In Re United States of America
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 1981No. 81-1517PublishedCited by 234 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
This petition for mandamus is brought by a United States Attorney and seeks the enforced recusal of a United States district judge from further proceedings in a federal criminal prosecution.
During the spring of 1981, former Massachusetts state Senator James A. Kelly, Jr., was tried in Boston for extortion in violation of federal law. 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The government charged that he had wielded his power as a state senator and Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee to exact $34,000 from an architectural firm, promising to influence the award of architectural…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Jerome Fleet CowdenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by234 opinions
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