Case Name: UNITED STATES of America v. Robert FLANAGAN, James Keweshan, Sidney Landis and Thomas McNamee, Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1984-04-12
Citations: 730 F.2d 945
Docket Number: No. 81-3116
Parties: UNITED STATES of America v. Robert FLANAGAN, James Keweshan, Sidney Landis and Thomas McNamee, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 730
Pages: 945–945

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America v. Robert FLANAGAN, James Keweshan, Sidney Landis and Thomas McNamee, Appellants.
No. 81-3116.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit Rule 12(6) March 26, 1984.
Decided April 12, 1984.
Bruce L. Thall, Sprague & Rubenstone, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants.
Luther E. Weaver, III, Peter F. Schenck, Asst. U.S. Attys., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Opinion:
OPINION ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Before GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge .
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge:
When this appeal was first considered the governing precedents in this court established that orders disqualifying counsel were collaterally final. See e.g., United States v. Miller, 624 F.2d 1198, 1199 (3d Cir.1980); IBM v. Levin, 579 F.2d 271, 277-78 (3d Cir.1978). Those holdings were not affected by Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord, 449 U.S. 368, 372 n. 8, 101 S.Ct. 669, 672 n. 8, 66 L.Ed.2d 571 (1981). We affirmed the district court disqualification order 527 F.Supp. 902. United States v. Flanagan, 679 F.2d 1072 (3d Cir.1982). The defendants petitioned for certiorari. The Supreme Court granted certiorari and held that a District Court pretrial disqualification of defense counsel in a criminal prosecution is not immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The Court directed that this appeal be dismissed. Flanagan v. United States, — U.S. —, 104 S.Ct. 1051, 79 L.Ed.2d 288 (1984). In compliance with that direction the appeal will be dismissed.
Hon. Anne E. Thompson, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation.