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· 5/5/1978

Louis Charles King v. United States

Citations

  • 576 F.2d 432
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 11303

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that although the trial judge has discretion to disclose juror contact information, “[t]here is a judicial reluctance” to allow post-verdict contact with jurors
  • concluding that an evidentiary hearing was not required because “weakly authenticated, vague, and speculative material” constituted a “frail and ambiguous showing”
  • court upheld order requiring jurors to report to FBI if anyone questioned them
  • court upheld order requiring jurors to report to FBI if anyone questioned them
  • “To overcome this 28 reluctance and to authorize a post-verdict inquiry, there must be ‘clear evidence,’ ‘strong 1 evidence,’ ‘clear and incontrovertible evidence,’ ‘substantial if not wholly conclusive 2 evidence.’”
  • reported in table form, 191 F.3d 447, 1999 WL 713865

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Feinberg, Oakes, Wyatt

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