United States v. George T. Kattar

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that government, as represented by prosecutor, is considered “party-opponent” of defendant in criminal case
• concluding that a sentencing memorandum and brief submitted by the Department of Justice in other cases were admissions by a party opponent
• Justice Department's various offices treated as an entity \the left hand of which is presumed to know what the right hand is doing\
• Justice Department’s various offices treated as an entity “the left hand of which is presumed to know what the right hand is doing”
• “as far as we can tell, th[e] obscure doctrine [of judicial estoppel] has never been applied against the government in a criminal proceeding”
• RICO claim allowed where the defendant threatened defamation if not paid money, even though the plaintiff owed the defendant money under a contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).