SMITH v. CROMER

No. 97-2192.

159 F.3d 875 (1998)

Andrea SMITH; Gregory Welsh; Larry Hornstein, Petitioners-Appellees, v. James CROMER, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nancy Susanne Forster, Office of Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Albert David Copperthite, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge, and VOORHEES, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge RICHARD L. VOORHEES wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON joined. Senior Judge PHILLIPS wrote a dissenting opinion.

OPINION

RICHARD L. VOORHEES, District Judge:

In this case, employees of the United States Department of Justice were subpoenaed to testify in a state criminal prosecution in direct contravention of DOJ regulations. Appellant Cromer, the defendant in the state case, subpoenaed...

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