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Case Study Of Isaac Brock Case

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Mr. Isaac Brock was convicted of refusing to divulge his journalistic source by a jury in the District Court of Bartlet. He was granted an evidentiary hearing for the purposes of impeaching the verdict of the District Court pending appeal. This action arose pursuant to the authority vested in the district court over federal questions under 28 U.S.C. § 1331. The Thirteenth Circuit Court of Appeals had appellate jurisdiction from the final judgment of the District Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. The Court of Appeals affirmed Mr. Brock’s conviction and reversed the District Court’s granting of the Motion for a New Trial. Appellant timely filed his petition for a writ of certiorari. This Court has jurisdiction of this appeal under 28 U.S.C. §1254(1).

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