Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Dickerson v. Cermel-Luft Insurance Agency, Inc.

51 L. Ed. 2d 794

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1977-03-28
Topic
general

excluding a state observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day after the amendment of F.R.C.P. 6(a) | “This case involves yet another effort to make a federal question out of litigation where exclusive jurisdiction is in the State courts.” | post-arrest seizure of taxpayer's funds and bank account for unpaid state income taxes | post-arrest seizure of taxpayer’s funds and bank account for unpaid state income taxes | such instruction, if made in the abstract, would clearly jeopardize the defendant's rights to a fair trial but, in context, the jury could only have been left with the impression that discussion was premature and ill-advised despite instruction permitting discussion | such instruction, if made in the abstract, would clearly jeopardize the defendant’s rights to a fair trial but, in context, the jury could only have been left with the impression that discussion was premature and ill-advised despite instruction permitting discussion

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Sup. Ct. Ohio. Certiorari denied.