Legal Opinion
McKelvey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1921No. 3622PublishedCited by 3 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the District of Idaho; Frank S- Dietrich, Judge. Charles McKelvey and others were convicted of preventing and obstructing free passage over unoccupied public lands, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Defendants below brought writ of error to review their conviction of having prevented and obstructed free passage over and through certain described public unoccupied lands of the United States; the obstruction being accomplished by force, threats, and intimidation. The indictment charged that the defendants did—
“willfully and unlawfully, by means of force, threats, and intimidation and other unlawful means, prevent and obstruct certain persons * * 4 from having and enjoying free passage over and through certain public unoccupied land of the United States of America, to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. CookSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Ledbetter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Omaechevarria v. IdahoSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Light v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Buford v. HoutzSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
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3Cited by3 opinions
- McKelvey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
- Janes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925