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· 8/21/1981

Billie Austin Bryant v. Benjamin R. Civiletti, United States Attorney General

Citations

  • 663 F.2d 286
  • 214 U.S. App. D.C. 109
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 18335

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a federal prisoner, sentenced under both the D.C.Code and the U.S.Code, may be incarcerated longer than ten years
  • “notwithstanding” clause indicates that other statutory provisions were not intended to apply
  • available on WESTLAW, DCT file
  • “Special statutes prevail over general statutes.”
  • available on WESTLAW, DCT file

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Judges: MacKinnon, Robb, Wil-Key

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