Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1936No. 7183PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HICKS, Circuit Judge.
Two indictments were returned against the three appellants, Pharoah W. Johnson, William Dow Johnson, and Orville E. Setters. The first. No. 5828, charged them and Beatrice Staton (not indicted) with having devised a scheme to defraud the United States by interfering with it in awarding a contract for the construction of a post office at Portsmouth, Ohio; also to defraud the Roche, Connell & Laub Construction Company, and to use the mails for the purpose of executing the scheme in violation of section 338, U.S.C., title 18 (18 U.S.C.A § 338).
Indictment No. 5829 upon…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Wood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Prichard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
- Lambert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1939
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