Knapp v. Pigott

How courts have described this case

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

• applying “standard contract-law principles” to find that the government could not prosecute defendants for charges it dismissed after the related firearm convictions were vacated on collateral review
• applying “standard contract-law principles” to find that government could not prosecute defendants for drug charges dismissed under plea agreement after their gun convictions were vacated on collateral review
• \We avoid constitutional questions when an alternative basis for disposing of the case presents itself.\
• “We avoid constitutional questions when an alternative basis for disposing of the case presents itself.”
• “We avoid constitutional questions when an alternative basis for disposing of the case presents itself.”
• \We avoid constitutional questions when an alternative basis for disposing of the case presents itself.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).