Legal Opinion
United States v. John L. Lea
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 1980No. 79-1940PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted appellant Lea on twenty counts of engaging in a scheme to defraud within the meaning of the federal mail fraud statute. 18 U.S.C. § 1341.1 The principal ground upon which he appeals is that the government failed to establish a sufficient nexus between the scheme and the mailings that serve as the jurisdictional basis for prosecution under that statute.
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A. Background
Safeway Stores, Inc. (Safeway) employed Lea as manager of the meat buying department of its Midwest Buying Office.2 In that capacity, Lea was responsible for the purchase at…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. MazeSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Andrew GeorgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Earl BushCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Alvin JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by44 opinions
- United States v. John M. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Vito Spillone, United States of America v. John Clyde Abel, United States of America v. Frank CitroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Marlene Cox Schneider and Paul S. SchneiderCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Frank John Schweihs, United States of America v. Anthony F. DaddinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Larry Liefer, George Sharos, and Charles PattersonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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