Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided December 20, 1985No. Crim. 85-0356PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
OBERDORFER, District Judge.
A twenty-two count indictment returned by a Grand Jury impaneled by this Court charges nine defendants with conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury; 1 all of the nine defendants are charged in each count. Seven counts grow out of a dispute between Synanon Foundation, Inc. (“Synanon”), a California organization, and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) as to whether Synanon was eligible for exemption from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The first count charges a conspiracy to alter or destroy documents and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Platt v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. BarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Clifford Jones v. Honorable Oliver Gasch, Judge of the United States District Court for Thedistrict of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Melvin E. Jackson, United States of America v. John JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- In Re United States of America v. Jane Kember and Morris Budlong, Mary Sue Hubbard, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, and Gregory WillardsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
- United States v. BenjaminCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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- United States v. SmithDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1990
- United States v. FergusonDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 2006
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