Legal Opinion
Clifford L. Duke, Jr., Louis Glenn Ballard and Vic Buono v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1958No. 15146_1PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.
This is a criminal case in which there was laid bare a tremendous traffic in the smuggling of psittacine birds into the United States from the Republic of Mexico. Irrespective of the merits, it is a sordid story of intrigue, double-dealing and feuds among the participants, with treacherous interludes and escapades.
Parrots, parakeets and, broadly speaking, any bird with a hooked beak are denominated psittacine birds. There is a quarantine against the importation of such fowl into the United States. 1 2 How-ever, there appears to be a vast importation of these…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Berra v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- United States v. Beacon Brass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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3Cited by67 opinions
- United States v. David T. DellingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Gary HalbertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. George H. Lustig, United States of America v. Gregory D. PedersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Roy Wilson v. Barry MintzesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. OlanoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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