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Another notable CVRA ruling from the Sixth Circuit

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this post last week, the Sixth Circuit disposed of an interesting mandamus petition from crime victims in US v. Arctic Glacier International, No. 10-3160 (6th Cir. Feb. 23, 2010).  Another Crime Victims' Rights Act ruling comes from the Sixth Circuit today in the same basic matter involving a criminal antitrust conspiracy in In re McNulty, No. 10-3201 (6th Cir. Mar.. 1, 2010) (available here), and here is a notable snippet: [W]e agree with the district court?s holding that McNulty is not a victim for the purposes of the CVRA. The alleged harm to McNulty stemmed from his firing for refusing to participate in the conspiracy and his ?blackballing? from employment with packaged-ice companies until he stopped working with the government in exposing the conspiracy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).