Legal Opinion
United States v. James G. Sorce, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1962No. 8474PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
This appeal from a conviction under the mail fraud statute challenges, primarily, the venue of the trial in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
The First Capitol Savings and Loan Association, now in bankruptcy, was a Maryland corporation organized at the instigation of the defendant. It maintained offices in Belleville, New Jersey, near where the defendant lived, as well ás in Baltimore, Maryland. A New Jersey man, Maurice Moriarty, was the president of the Association, but he was only a figurehead, having a full-time unskilled job elsewhere…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Kann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Parr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Travis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Jack Thornton Atkinson v. United States of America, M. Dean Hodges v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Dorwin MarineCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Edward Earl HopkinsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. William R. Lichota, United States of America v. Edith F. LichotaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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