Legal Opinion
United States v. James W. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1970No. 26829, 26830PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
James W. Williams appeals from two judgments of conviction in closely related criminal cases. Williams was formerly Chairman of the Board of Westee, 1 and both criminal prosecutions were precipitated by the financial collapse of Westee which resulted in suspension of its stock from trading on the American Stock Exchange on August 26, 1966, and one month later in an order appointing a trustee of Westee in reorganization proceedings in the Southern District of Texas.
Case No. 107 2 was commenced by Grand Jury indictment and was tried to a jury for nearly a month, from June…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United States v. KopitukCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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- United States v. Casimir StaszcukCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Bernard FeinbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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