Feldman v. United States
Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.
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Murphy held that the federal government may not use testimony compelled under state immunity against the witness in a federal prosecution. The confirmed treatment is listed below; the other opinions applied Feldman before Murphy or reported Murphy's overruling.
17 later cases cite Feldman v. United States; 17 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
Relying on Feldman v. United States?
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Treatments
Overruled
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The Supreme Court overruled Feldman's rule allowing federal prosecutors to use testimony compelled by a state against the witness.
Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · Supreme Court of the United States · filed
We have now overruled Feldman and held that the Federal Government may make no such use of the answers.
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