LEFAIVRE ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (105 total)

• United States v. Elliott, 571 F.2d 880 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …statute, by limiting its coverage to the primary activity Congress had in mind when it acted”. United States v. Mandel, 415 F.Supp. 997, 1019 (D.Md.1976), quoting United States v. LeFaivre, 507 F. 2d 1288, 1295 (4th Cir. 1974), cert. denied, [*898] 420 U.S. 1004, 95 S.Ct. 1446, 43 L.Ed.2d 762 (1975). . As we explain below, we hold that the evidence was insufficient to tie James Elliott to the enterprise or to a conspiracy to violate the Act. The number of persons making up an enterprise is irrelevant, howe…
• United States v. Nino Rinsi Cadena, 585 F.2d 1252 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …L.Ed.2d 603. Compare the display of inadmissible evidence in United States v. Kwitek, 7 Cir. 1970, 433 F. 2d 18 and United States v. Reid, 7 Cir. 1969, 410 F. 2d 1223; see also United States v. Lawson, 7 Cir. 1974, 507 F. 2d 433, cert. denied, 1975, 420 U.S. 1004, 95 S.Ct. 1446, 43 L.Ed.2d 762. The nature and identification of the substance was clearly established. Nor was prejudicial error committed by permitting introduction of the parties’ joint stipulation to the chemical analysis of the samples notwiths…
• Lawson Prods., Inc. v. Avnet, Inc., 782 F.2d 1429 (7th Cir. 1986)
  …to deal with a term that seems to escape easy definition. An analogous situation was faced with regard to the attempt to define “reasonable doubt” in jury instructions. In United States v. Lawson, 507 F. 2d 433, 441-42 (7th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 1004, 95 S.Ct. 1446, 43 L.Ed.2d 762 (1975), the court held that because the difficulties associated with defining the term are insurmountable the failure to give an instruction on reasonable doubt is not error. Because of the very commonness of the words…