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· 3/19/1993

United States v. Benjamin Acardo James

Citations

  • 986 F.2d 441
  • 1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 5007
  • 1993 WL 55649

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding “all costs” includes costs associated with search and rescue mission and subsequent apprehension
  • reversing the lower court’s decision because it failed to award the Coast Guard “the costs of the operation from beginning to completion”
  • courts must strictly construe criminal statutes to encompass only that conduct which Congress intended to criminalize
  • courts must strictly construe criminal statutes to encompass only that conduct which Congress intended to criminalize

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Judges: Kravitch, Birch, Clark

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