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40 Sw. L. Rev. 355 (2010-2011)
Whether and at What Cost Section 111 Protects Federal Officers from Assault

handle is hein.journals/swulr40 and id is 359 raw text is: WHETHER AND AT WHAT COST SECTION 111 PROTECTS FEDERAL OFFICERS FROM ASSAULT I. INTRODUCTION ................................... ........ 356 A. Background.................................. 356 B. The Problem and Proposed Solutions........... ..... 357 II. Two PIVOTAL SUPREME COURT CASES........ ............... 359 A. United States v. Feola................... ........ 359 B. United States v. Yermian ............................... 360 III. LEGISLATIVE INTENT OF § 11.................. ....... 362 IV. STATUTORY LANGUAGE AND CONSTRUCTION .. ............... 365 A. Plain Language of the Statute.................. ..... 365 B. Statutory Construction and the Court's Use of the Rule ofLenity .............................. ...... 366 V. JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF SIMILAR STATUTES ............. 369 A. Larceny, Obstruction ofJustice, and State Assault Statutes... 369 B. A Simple Jurisdictional Proposal ............. ...... 370 VI. CONCLUSION ............................................. 372 355

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