Droback v. United States

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• witness's statements about airplane crash, even though given in confidentiality to safety investigators, were not exempt because not commercial or financial information
• organization’s authority to make final decisions is indicative of government-controlled, FOIA agency status, although “each arrangement must be examined anew and in its own context”
• joinder under Rule 8(a) permissible where mail fraud charges and tax evasion charges all were connected with the defendant's use of his public office for private gain
• joinder under Rule 8(a) permissible where mail fraud charges and tax evasion charges all were connected with the defendant’s use of his public office for private gain
• defendant’s consultation of lawyer regarding tax returns purges taint of illegal search, allowing illegally seized evidence to be used in criminal prosecution for tax fraud committed after search
• defendant's consultation of lawyer regarding tax returns purges taint of illegal search, allowing illegally seized evidence to be used in criminal prosecution for tax fraud committed after search

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Cited by

121 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Mead Data Central, Inc. v. United States Department of the Air Force
  D.C. Circuit· 1977-11-28· cited 1,376×
• Petroleum Information Corporation v. United States Department of the Interior
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-10-27· cited 452×
• Vaughn v. Rosen
  D.C. Circuit· 1975-11-21· cited 401×
• United States v. Richard P. Console, United States of America v. Morton Markoff, D.O., United States of America v. Edward C. Curcio
  Third Circuit· 1993-12-22· cited 357×
• United States v. Sonya Evette Singleton
  Tenth Circuit· 1998-07-10· cited 287×
• United States v. Mandel
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-01-11· cited 246×
• Public Citizen Health Research Group v. Food and Drug Administration
  D.C. Circuit· 1983-04-15· cited 236×
• United States v. Louis Werner
  Second Circuit· 1980-02-28· cited 193×
• United States v. Kenneth O. Brown
  Eighth Circuit· 1976-08-20· cited 167×
• United States v. Wayne Garfield Brookins, III
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-04-03· cited 149×
• United States v. Richard J. Rabbitt
  Eighth Circuit· 1978-09-05· cited 141×
• United States v. Thomas E. Keane
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-08-18· cited 137×
• Leonard Campbell v. Anderson McGruder Superintendent, Detention Services, (Two Cases)
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-03-30· cited 128×
• UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lloyd DIXON, Jr., Appellant
  Second Circuit· 1976-03-12· cited 127×
• United Steelworkers of America v. Marshall
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-08-15· cited 126×
• United States v. Earl Bush
  Seventh Circuit· 1975-09-04· cited 120×
• United States v. Robert Craig, Frank P. North, Jr., Peter v. Pappas and Jack E. Walker
  Seventh Circuit· 1978-03-21· cited 119×
• United States v. Victor E. Robbins, Sr., A/K/A Gene, Roy G. Robbins, A/K/A Gordon, and James Herriman
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-11-19· cited 117×
• Ryan v. Department of Justice
  D.C. Circuit· 1980-01-07· cited 117×
• United States v. Ralph G. Fagan
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-08-10· cited 115×

Other cases named Droback v. United States

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Droback v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-17