MARTINDALE

v.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• United States v. Partin, 552 F.2d 621 (5th Cir. 1977)
  …chosen — inducing Baker to give false testimony — may well have violated the more specific first clause of § 1503.11 See, e. g., Smith v. United States, 234 F. 2d 385 (5th Cir. 1956); Samples v. United States, 121 F. 2d 263 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 662, 62 S.Ct. 129, 86 L.Ed. 530 (1941). But we do not think that would prevent the endeavor from violating the broader “due administration” clause as well; for as we have said, that clause “is broad enough to cover any act, committed corruptly, in an en…
• United States v. Cintolo, 818 F.2d 980 (1st Cir. 1987)
  …v. Howard, 569 F. 2d at 1335 (similar); Samples v. United States, 121 F. 2d 263, 266 (5th Cir.) (§ 1503 is “broad enough to cover any act, committed corruptly, in an endeavor to impede or obstruct the due administration of justice.”), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 662, 62 S.Ct. 129, 86 L.Ed. 530 (1941). These formulations sound a common theme: they uniformly signal that means, though lawful in themselves, can cross the line of illegality if (i) employed with a corrupt motive, (ii) to hinder the due administration…
• United States v. Silverman, 745 F.2d 1386 (11th Cir. 1984)
  …. The statute aims “to prevent a miscarriage of justice.” United States v. Griffin, 589 F. 2d 200, 204 (5th Cir.), cert, denied, 444 U.S. 825, 100 S.Ct. 48, 62 L.Ed.2d 32 (1979); Samples v. United States, 121 F. 2d 263, 265 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 662, 62 S.Ct. 129, 86 L.Ed. 530 (1941). The Fourth Circuit has held that an individual who sought to obtain $20,000 from the attorney representing a defendant in a criminal case under the pretext that he could guarantee an acquittal through juror manip…