Legal Opinion
United States v. Schaffer, Archibald
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 2, 2001No. 99-3153PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court en banc filed PER CURIAM.
2Per curiam
On December 22, 2000, then-President Clinton granted a full and unconditional pardon to Archibald R. Schaffer III, for his conviction in the District Court of violating the anti-bribery provision of the Meat Inspection Act, 21 U.S.C. § 622 (1994). Schaffer now moves this court to dismiss the case as moot.
The parties agree that the pardon rendered moot the ongoing appeals. They are quite right on this point. Accordingly, under well-established principles governing the disposition of cases rendered moot during the pendency of an appeal, we hereby…
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