Legal Opinion
United States v. Arthur J. Gerber
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1993No. 92-2741PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Arthur Joseph Gerber pleaded guilty to misdemeanor violations of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979, 16 U.S.C. §§ 470aa et seq., and was sentenced to twelve months in prison, reserving however his right to appeal on the ground that the Act is inapplicable to his offense. What he had done was to transport in interstate commerce Indian artifacts * that he had stolen from a burial mound on privately owned land in violation of Indiana’s criminal laws of trespass and conversion. The section of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act under which he was…
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- Favorite v. MillerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1978
- Joan M. Klein v. The Unidentified Wrecked and Abandoned Sailing Vessel, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Chance v. Certain Artifacts Found & Salvaged From the NashvilleDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1984
- Bishop v. EllsworthAppellate Court of Illinois · 1968
- Ritz v. Selma United Methodist ChurchSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. QuarrellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
- Whitacre v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
- United States v. ShiversCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Gerber v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- In re the Search & Seizure of ShiversDistrict Court, E.D. Texas · 1995