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· 3/1/1971

Byrd v. Fitzharris

Citations

  • 401 U.S. 945
  • 91 S. Ct. 960

How courts have described this case

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  • first and basic question is what can be regarded as prospective and what must fairly be regarded as vested
  • the 1970 amendment to the Jencks Act does not affect pretrial discovery of grand jury testimony
  • cited approvingly in Notes of Advisory Committee on 1974 Amendments to Rules of Criminal Procedure, 62 F.R.D. 271, 311 (1975)
  • purpose of statute prohibiting fees in cases involving veterans' benefits is to prevent unscrupulous persons from receiving undeserved fees
  • first and basic question is what can be regarded as prospective and what must fairly be regarded as vested
  • 18 U.S.C. § 837 — transportation of explosives

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