ADAY ET AL.

v.

U. S. DISTRICT COURT ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (22 total)

• United States v. Decoster, 624 F.2d 196 (D.C. Cir. 1976)
  …d in this case. Counsel is of course under no duty to fabricate defenses, but a lawyer does have an obligation to make reasonable inquiry into whether any valid defenses do exist. See Jones v. Cunningham, 313 F. 2d 347, 353 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 832, 84 S.Ct. 42, 11 L.Ed.2d 63 (1963). Moreover, counsel can discover whether the testimony of his client or a witness is truthful only by conducting a complete, independent investigation. . In addition to the evidence in the trial record, Judge MacKi…
• United States v. Denson, 603 F.2d 1143 (5th Cir. 1979)
  …559, 91 L.Ed. 2041; Sperry Rand Corp. v. Larson, 8 Cir. 1977, 554 F. 2d 868, 872; Haneke v. Secretary of HEW, 1976, 175 U.S.App.D.C. 329, 334, 535 F. 2d 1291, 1296; Aday v. United States District Court, 6 Cir. 1963, 318 F. 2d 588, 591, cert. denied, 375 U.S. 832, 84 S.Ct. 78, 11 L.Ed.2d 63. Indeed, we have ourselves echoed what appears to be almost an aphorism. See, e. g., In re Estelle, 5 Cir. 1975, 516 F. 2d 480, 483, cert. denied, 1976, 426 U.S. 925, 96 S.Ct. 2637, 49 L.Ed.2d 380; Carter v. Seamans, 5 Ci…
• Alabama-Tennessee Natural GAS Co. v. Fed. Power Comm'n, 359 F.2d 318 (5th Cir. 1966)
  …mission’s decision in Panhandle Eastern to allow a return of 1.5 per cent on the deferred reserves was an effort to accommodate Section 167 to the Natural Gas Act. . In Panama Canal Company v. Anderson, 5 Cir. 1963, 312 F. 2d 98, 100, cert. denied, 375 U.S. 832, 84 S.Ct. 43, 11 L. Ed.2d 63, this Court said: “ * * * If there is any repugnancy between them the specific or particular statute will control over and supersede a general statute even though the general measure be more recently enacted. Sutherland,…