Legal Opinion
United States v. Calamaro
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1956No. Crim. No. 17892PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIM, District Judge.
Defendant has been convicted of failing to pay the $50 special gambler’s tax imposed yearly by the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C.A. § 3285 et seq.1 He has moved for judgment of acquittal or in the alternative for a new trial.
The government called as witnesses two Philadelphia police officers who had had many years of experience in the suppression of vice and much experience in the suppression of numbers gambling. They testified that they arrested defendant on October 10, 1952, and that at this time he had in his pockets 48 sheets of paper which were three inches wide…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. KahrigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Buradus v. General Cement Products Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Buradus v. General Cement Products Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
- In Re Ko-Ed TavernCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United States v. CalamaroSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery CorporationDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
- United States v. Ernest Franklin AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Harold C. Ostrosky v. State of Alaska Roger v. Endell, Commissioner of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- Commonwealth v. GazalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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