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Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
US v. Velez, No. 09-10199
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In the government's appeal from a district court's dismissal of a money laundering charge against defendants, the order is affirmed where monetary transactions made for the purpose of securing legal representation are exempt from criminal penalties under 18 U.S.C. section 1957(f)(1).
Read US v. Velez, No. 09-10199
Appellate Information
Filed October 26, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Barkett
