Mitchell v. Harris
Mitchell, Warden v. Harris
Mitchell v. Harris, 444 U.S. 1025 (1980)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 4th Cir. Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 4 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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("If less drastic alternatives than a mistrial were available, they should have been employed in order to protect the defendant's interest in promptly ending the trial")
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(allegation in antitrust case that patentee's infringement suit prosecuted with knowledge of patent invalidity)
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(this case is known as Handgards I)
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