RHODES ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• United States v. Whitehead, 849 F.2d 849 (4th Cir. 1988)
  …is contention is contained in our holdings that Solem does not require a proportionality review of any sentence less than life imprisonment without possibility of parole. United States v. Rhodes, 779 F. 2d 1019, 1027-28 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1182, 106 S.Ct. 2916, 91 L.Ed.2d 545 (1986); see United States v. Guglielmi, 819 F. 2d 451, 457 (4th Cir.1987), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 108 S.Ct. 731, 98 L.Ed.2d 679 (1988). Even absent these decisions, the defendants’ arguments are of no avail. Trial cou…
• DeMARTINO v. Commissioner OF Internal Revenue, 862 F.2d 400 (2d Cir. 1988)
  …plication of the amendment was proper. See Temple Univ. v. United States, 769 F. 2d 126, 134 n. 4 (3d Cir.1985) (no separation of powers violation where “Congress did not desire to effect a rule of decision only in a particular case”), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1182, 106 S.Ct. 2914, 91 L.Ed.2d 544 (1986). [*409] That the legislation was retroactive does not make it unconstitutional. Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. v. R.A. Gray & Co., 467 U.S. 717, 729, 104 S.Ct. 2709, 2717, 81 L.Ed.2d 601 (1984) (“[Retroactive appl…
• Kennewick Irrigation Dist. v. United States, 880 F.2d 1018 (9th Cir. 1989)
  …lorado Flying Academy, Inc. v. United States, 724 F. 2d 871, 875-77 (10th Cir.1984) (if mandatory, specific guidelines exist for formulation of design and these guidelines are violated, discretionary function exception does not apply), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1182, 106 S.Ct. 2915, 91 L.Ed.2d 544 (1986). While Kenne-wick’s citation to a popular 1948 textbook on soil mechanics may demonstrate that the dangers of piping were recognized at the time the canal was designed, it does not establish the existence of an…