Court Opinion

ID: 9439954
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 07:02:18.326218+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:26:50.871346
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KEETON, District Judge,
concurring.
Although I agree that the occasions on which an allegedly duplicative fine imposed on a corporate entity “may be later reduced are narrowly defined,” Per Curiam Opinion at 96 and n. 1, respectfully I do not join in the conclusion that they are irrelevant here. Instead, I concur because, first, in my view the district court had jurisdiction to consider whether petitioner had succeeded in showing exceptional circumstances “seriously affect[ing] the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings.” United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993) (quoting United States v. Young, 470 U.S. 1, 15, 105 S.Ct. 1038, 84 L.Ed.2d 1 (1985)); United States v. Romano, 137 F.3d 677, 682 (1st Cir.1998). And second, in my view, the district court correctly decided that the petitioner failed to meet this burden in this case.