U.S. v. ADAMS

Nos. 87-5388, 5424.

870 F.2d 1140 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alayne B. ADAMS (87-5388), Mayo L. Coiner (87-5424), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1989.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemper B. Durand and Kathleen L. Caldwell (argued), Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., U.S. Atty. and Devon L. Gosnell (argued), Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NELSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and SPIEGEL, District Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

Alayne Adams and her husband, Mayo Coiner, were indicted on charges of making false federal income tax returns. They moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the prosecution had been initiated in retaliation for a sex discrimination suit that Ms. Adams had filed against the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The motion to dismiss was supported by affidavits of a former employee of the EEOC and a...

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