United States v. Walter Ward Dorrell, III

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1985-04-17

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FERGUSON, Circuit Judge, concurring: I concur in the opinion of the court but write separately to clarify a distinction between the necessity defense and civil disobedience which the majority appears not to consider. In addition, I cannot subscribe to any statement which purports to impose punishment on a defendant out of solicitude for the “validation of [the defendant’s] sincerity that lawful punishment pr…

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