· 12/8/1997
United States v. McKeeve
Citations
- 131 F.3d 1
- 1997 WL 740784
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that trials are “meaty affairs,” and “courts should not insist that all taste be extracted from a piece of evidence before a jury can chew on it”
- noting that trials are “meaty affairs,” and “courts should not insist that all taste be extracted from a piece of evidence before a jury can chew on it”
- affirming denial of untimely motion to intervene where the 15 district court had adjudicated a summary judgment but before the case had gone to trial
- analyzing due process claim and stating, “We can hardly conceive of a 10 state’s action bearing more ‘stigmatizing consequences’ than the labeling of a prison inmate as a 11 sex offender”
- “[T]he U.S. Marshals Service lacks jurisdiction to retain custody of federal detainees on foreign soil. ...”
- “[W]e have held that the denial of attorneys’ fees was not an abuse of 11 discretion where the plaintiff recovered only nominal damages and received no other meaningful 12 relief.”
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Judges: Selya, Aldrich, Boudin
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