U.S. v. McDADE

Cr. A. No. 92-249.

827 F.Supp. 1153 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America v. Joseph M. McDADE, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas C. Harbist, James J. Eisenhower, Asst. U.S. Atty., for U.S.

Sal Cognetti, Jr, Foley, Cognetti & Cowley, Scranton, PA, Abbe David Lowell, Brand & Lowell, Washington, DC, G. Robert Blakey, Professor of Law, Notre Dame, IN, James D. Crawford, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant.

Steven R. Ross, Charles Tiefer, Richard P. Stanton, Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC, for Speaker and Bipartisan Leadership Group — amici curiae.


OPINION

GAWTHROP, District Judge.

Defendant, Joseph M. McDade, a United States Congressman, is charged with accepting illegal gratuities, conspiracy, and racketeering. Currently before the court is a panoply of pretrial motions, including four motions to dismiss various portions of the indictment, a motion to transfer the trial of the case, and some discovery and evidentiary motions, all of which have been exhaustively briefed and argued. Upon the...

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