Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Wyoming Community Development Authority v. Durning

484 U.S. 944

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-11-09
Topic
finance

sustaining conviction for false statement under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 where the defendant drew a check on a fictitious bank, since the check was designedly untrue | where the Supreme Court discussed a Superior Court judge presiding over a death by auto case while trying lesser offenses simultaneously as a municipal court judge | “[Attached] documents are part of the complaint and may be considered in determining whether the plaintiff can prove any set of facts in support of the claim.” | “[t]he sine qua non of § 905(b) statutory liability for vessel negligence is the presence of a vessel which admiralty regards as a separate entity distinct from its owner.” | “The DAN E. McMAHON was under construction on land at the time of Richendollar’s accident. It was not a vessel within the admiralty jurisdiction of the federal courts under the long-standing jurisdictional rubric ...” | New Jersey’s double jeopardy protection is co-extensive with federal constitution | prohibition against double jeopardy applies to DWI cases | prohibition against double jeopardy applies to DWI cases

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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.