Legal Opinion
United States v. McDade
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 6, 1993No. Cr. A. 92-249PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GAWTHROP, District Judge.
Defendant, Joseph M. McDade, a United States Congressman, is charged with accepting illegal gratuities, conspiracy, and racketeering. Currently before the court is a panoply of pretrial motions, including four motions to dismiss various portions of the indictment, a motion to transfer the trial of the case, and some discovery and evidentiary motions, all of which have been exhaustively briefed and argued. Upon the following reasoning, I find that (1) the indictment does not violate the Speech or Debate Clause of the United States Constitution, nor would the…
2Cases cited84 opinions
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Donald J. BlandfordCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Frank AnticoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Joseph M. McDadeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Sun-Diamond Growers of CaliforniaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1996
- United States v. SawyerDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1995
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