Topic: an offense is not of a political character simply because i… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 6 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Gaspar Eugenio Jimenez Escobedo v. United States of America, Gustavo Castillo v. Donald D. Forsht, U. S. Marshal.

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Gaspar Eugenio Jimenez Escobedo v. United States of America, Gustavo Castillo v. Donald D. Forsht, U. S. Marshal Anchor
ca5 · 1980
green “an offense is not of a political character simply because it was politically motivated” 3
2 Ziyad Abu Eain v. Peter Wilkes, United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois
ca7 · 1981
green “limit such offenses to acts committed in the course of and incidental to a violent political disturbance such as a war, revolution or rebellion” 3

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