Legal Opinion
United States v. Gibert
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 20, 2012No. 10-4848, 10-4851, 10-4852, 10-4875, 10-4904PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge KEENAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Judge O’GRADY joined.
OPINION
BARBARA MILANO KEENAN, Circuit Judge:
The primary question in this appeal is whether Congress exceeded its power under the Commerce Clause in enacting a criminal prohibition against animal fighting. Jeffrey Brian Gibert and certain other defendants (collectively, Gibert) were indicted for their roles in organizing, operating, and participating in “gamefowl derbies,” otherwise known as “cockfighting.” Gibert entered a conditional guilty plea to the charge of conspiring to…
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