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UNITED STATES v. LeFAIVRE

No. 74-1239.

507 F.2d 1288 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Louis Gustav LeFAIVRE et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1974.

Certiorari Denied March 31, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin J. Garbis, Baltimore, Md. (Allen L. Schwait and Garbis & Schwait, Baltimore, Md., on brief) for appellants.

James A. Rothschild, Atty. U.S. Dept. of Justice (George Beall, U.S. Atty., William A. Pope, Sp. Atty., Baltimore Strike Force, Baltimore, Md., and Jerome M. Feit, Atty. U.S. Dept. of Justice, on brief) for appellee.

Before CRAVEN, BUTZNER, and FIELD, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied March 31, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1446.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents an interesting aspect of federalism: to what extent should the United States participate with the states in the attempt to control human behavior by the imposition of criminal sanctions. Tradition and history assign a subordinate role to the United States. The burden of policing behavior by application of criminal law remains heavily upon the states, and the proper...

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