Legal Opinion
Trinity Marine Products, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2016No. 14-31130PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:
In 1999, Plaintiff-Appellant Trinity Marine Products, Inc. (“Trinity”), was indicted for illegally storing hazardous waste without a permit. This charge, however, was dismissed in 2003, and it was subsequently revealed several years later that two of the federal agents involved in the investigation and prosecution had used the case as a means to engage in an .extramarital affair with one another. It was also disclosed that one of these agents had committed perjury and obstructed justice in attempting to conceal the affair and the true motivation for the…
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