Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Stafford Jackson and Jarrell Jennings
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1976No. 75-3135PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a complicated mail fraud scheme in which the defendants allegedly sold “area managerships” for a Champion Oil Company that was to build service stations, issue credit cards, and sell oil products. No service stations were actually operated, and no products were ever marketed. But many victims responded by mail and otherwise to Champion’s newspaper ads across the country, investing thousands of dollars for the privilege of becoming area managers for a bogus oil company. Two co-defendants pled guilty to two counts of mail fraud. Appellants Jackson and…
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3Cited by11 opinions
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