United States v. Cederquist

641 F.2d 1347 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James Henry CEDERQUIST; Thomas G. Anderson; Donald Lee Federspiel; Hallcraft Homes, Inc., presently existing by reason of a merger as Nu-West Development Corporation of Arizona; Hallcraft Homes of Denver, Inc.; Hallcraft Homes of San Diego, Inc.; and Hallcraft Homes of Los Angeles, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-1018. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 7, 1980. Decided April 16, 1981. Dale Danneman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant. Tom Karas, Phoenix, Ariz., argued for defendants-appellees; Stephen E. Silver, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before GOODWIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, * District Judge. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 The district court dismissed the indictment against the defendants on the bases of prejudicial pre-indictment delay and prosecutorial misconduct before the grand jury. The government appeals those determinations. We now reverse. I. FACTS 2 On December 28, 1978, a federal grand jury returned a fifteen-count indictment against four…