Legal Opinion

United States v. Youts

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 17, 2000No. 99-3215PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SEYMOUR, Chief Judge.

Abner Youts appeals from an adverse jury verdict. As the parties' oral arguments showed, the events leading up to his criminal conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 1992 for wrecking a train are unusual and give rise to a number of interesting parallels in modern folk music. We begin with the facts.

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“He made that freight train boogie, as he rolled down the line.” 1

In the early morning hours of January 10, 1994, after an evening of misadventure, Abner Youts and Richard Nesbitt needed a ride home. The pair set out on foot and ended up at the Union Pacific Railyard in Wichita,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  5. United States v. McVeighCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. United States v. MagallanezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
  2. Donald Edward Beaty v. Terry Stewart, DirectorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002
  3. United States v. TanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001
  4. United States v. ScullCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
  5. United States v. MaglebyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2001

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