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Deaver v. United States, 483 U.S. 1301 (1987)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Deaver v. United States, 483 U.S. 1301 (1987)
Deaver v. United States No. A-10 Decided July 1, 1987 483 U.S. 1301
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
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An application by a former Government official to stay his imminent perjury trial pending this Court’s disposition of his petition for certiorari is denied. After applicant was indicted following an independent counsel’s investigation pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act, the District Court denied his motion to dismiss, which was based on a separation of powers challenge to that Act, and the Court of Appeals dismissed his appeal because the District Court’s order is not a final decision under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. There is a fair prospect that a majority of this Court would not find the decision below erroneous, since the District Court’s action did not terminate the litigation, and since applicant’s constitutional challenge to the Act is not sufficiently collateral to fall within the limited exception enumerated in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541, in that consideration of the challenge here would result in piecemeal appellate review of an issue that can properly be presented to the appellate courts if and when applicant is convicted.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Deaver v. United States, 483 U.S. 1301 (1987) in 483 U.S. 1301 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QBEQQHF1I65YWPK.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Deaver v. United States, 483 U.S. 1301 (1987), in 483 U.S. 1301, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QBEQQHF1I65YWPK.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Deaver v. United States, 483 U.S. 1301 (1987). cited in 1987, 483 U.S. 1301. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=QBEQQHF1I65YWPK.
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