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· 6/20/1979

Bertman Ames and Gloria Ames v. United States

Citations

  • 600 F.2d 183
  • 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 13842

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a grand jury indictment breaks the chain of causation between the officer’s act and the institution of criminal proceedings “absent any specific allegation, such as the presentation of false evidence or the withholding of evidence”
  • finding that a decision of a grand jury supervenes
  • finding that a decision of a grand jury supervenes

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Judges: Lay, Heaney, Meredith

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