Legal Opinion

Ross v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 14, 1950No. 10897PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

The three appellants were convicted by a jury on several counts of a joint indictment charging violation of section 1731(a) of Title 12, 1 United States Code, and also upon a count drawn under section 88 of Title 18, 2 United States Code, charging conspiracy to violate section 1731(a) of Title 12. Each defendant was fined $12,500 and sentenced to an aggregate four years in prison. The sentences imposed were within the limits of the statutes.

Section 1731(a) of Title 12, United States Code, p’rovides: “Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining any loan or advance of ■credit…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. Viereck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Starr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  4. Troutman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
  5. Mellor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. United States v. Leonard A. PelulloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  2. Meyer Harris Cohen, AKA Michael 'Mickey' Cohen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
  3. United States v. WanderCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  4. Willie Lee Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  5. Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954

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