advice-of-counsel

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-7737 Charles Wolfe v. United States Eighth Circuit 2020-02-21 Denied Response WaivedIFP advice-of-counsel compliance-officer controlled-substance-analogue controlled-substance-analogue-act controlled-substance-analogue-enforcement-act criminal-defense fair-notice federal-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence federal-rules-of-evidence-403 industry-expert mens-rea statutory-interpretation vagueness When the 'advice of counsel' is an industry expert on the CSA and the Analogue Act, and was the petitioner's compliance officer, how can that defense …
19-279 Shirley Johnson v. New Destiny Christian Center Church, Inc., et al. Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-03 Denied advice-of-counsel civil-procedure civil-rights due-process evidence evidence-alteration evidence-tampering fourteenth-amendment judicial-misconduct malicious-prosecution probable-cause whether-due-process-clause-permits-judgment-to-stand-when-court-altered-evidence