United States v. Wayne Whittaker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the government may appeal “an order disqualifying a United States Attorney from prosecuting a criminal case”
• stating that “the order was not tentative or subject to later revision”
• reversing the disqualification of entire office premised on a paralegal’s improper notice sent to a target of an investigation
• United States’ right to counsel of choice must be balanced with proper considerations of judicial administration
• “[T]he issue of whether the United States Attorney in the district of the prosecution may represent the United States surely is important[.]”
• “The United States correctly concedes that it cannot appeal from a judgment of not guilty for constitutional reasons, and it ordinarily would not be able to appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence, as it would be the prevailing party.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).