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Second, since the United States Supreme Court has not yet expressly ruled on many of the legal issues presented, and the issues raised are novel questions: of great public importance, final review by that body is a distinct possibility. r Third, it is advantageous for this. court to have . developed a complete record so that review on appeal can be final, without the need for a remand to develop further areas of possible inquiry. Already, enormous time. and effort by all parties has been devoted to this case. Justice to the. parties and to the public demands final resolution on one trip through the appellate review system if that is at all possible. Fourth, the political, professional and business careers of the defendants have been destroyed or at least seriously compromised by the indictments, trials and convic- tions. Whatever firial sentences might be- imposed, the ; _ 7 harm to these defendants from the mere fact of conviction . : was significant, thereby requiring meticulous review of every possible basis for vacating those convictions. Fifth, although the cases before the undersigned were tried in the Eastern District of New York under the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit, all but one of the defendants reside in New Jersey or Pennsylvania under the