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Whitfield v. Burns, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security of Alabama
Affirmed on appeal from D. C. M. D. Ala.
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Opinion
53 L. Ed. 2d 221 · Supreme Court of the United States · May 16, 1977
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Whitfield v. Burns, Commissioner, Department of Pensions and Security of Alabama
E.D. Pennsylvania · Dec 13, 1991
D. Arizona · May 6, 1991
D.C. Circuit · Oct 2, 1990
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holding that the Government’s invocation of restrictive contract principles is “disingenuous”
enforcing district attorney's promise that the defendant would be paroled within a certain time
government’s proffer of information at sentencing to correct defendant’s misstatements did not breach plea bargain under which government had agreed not to take position on sentence
prosecutor absolutely immune from suit for damages alleging nonfulfillment of negotiated plea agreement
court may order specific enforcement of plea agreement improperly promising parole release
remedy for broken plea bargain is discretionary with court