HOFFA v. UNITED STATES

No. 72-1332.

471 F.2d 391 (1973)

James R. HOFFA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

January 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Mellman, St. Louis, Mo., for petitioner-appellant; Morris A. Shenker, St. Louis, Mo., James P. Hoffa, Detroit, Mich., on briefs; Harold E. Brown, Chattanooga, Tenn., Moses Krislov, Cleveland, Ohio, Cecil D. Branstretter, Nashville, Tenn., of counsel.

David J. Slattery, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for respondent-appellee; Michael C. Sloane, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., John L. Bowers, U. S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., on briefs.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, McCREE, Circuit Judge, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This case involves a motion by James R. Hoffa to vacate sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. District Judge Frank W. Wilson denied the motion in an opinion published at 339 F.Supp. 388 (E.D.Tenn. 1972). We affirm.

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