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UNITED STATES v. TISON

No. 85-3527.

780 F.2d 1569 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude H. TISON, Jr., Marcelino Echevarria and Scan Realty Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude H. Tison, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Robert W. Merkle, U.S. Atty., Joseph D. Magri, Virginia M. Covington, Asst. U.S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is whether the district court, in which a criminal prosecution is pending, has the authority under 18 U.S.C.A. § 1514 to enjoin defendants and their counsel1 from bringing a state civil action for slander against a prospective Government witness involved in a federal criminal trial. The district court had such authority and acted within its discretion on the finding that the threatened...

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