Legal Opinion
In Re Hamilton Jordan
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 16, 1984No. 79-7PublishedCited by 20 opinions
ON APPLICATION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge ROBB.
ROBB, Senior Circuit Judge:
Hamilton Jordan seeks an award from the federal government of attorney’s fees incurred as a result of the investigation of allegations that he violated the law, pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 591-98. We deny his application.
On November 29, 1979, this court, at the request of the Attorney General, appointed Arthur H. Christy, Esq., special prosecutor to investigate allegations that White House official Hamilton Jordan, then White House Chief of Staff, had engaged in illegal drug use. The…
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