Legal Opinion

United States v. Healy

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 17, 1964No. 64PublishedCited by 270 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

A federal grand jury alleged in an indictment, returned in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, that on April 13, 1962, the appellees had kidnaped at gunpoint the pilot of a private Cessna 172 airplane and compelled him to transport them from Florida to Cuba. Count 1 of the indictment charged appellees with having violated 18 U. S. C. § 1201, 1 the Federal Kidnaping Act. Under Count 2, appellees were charged with the commission of “aircraft piracy” in contravention of a 1961 amendment to § 902 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 75 Stat. 466, 49 U. S. C.…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Gooch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. United States v. CalderonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Forman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1951

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3Cited by270 opinions

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  3. United States v. Sean Lamar Sanders, A/K/A Sean Lamont SandersCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2001
  4. Leo Vine v. Beneficial Finance Company, Inc., and Charles H. Dowd, Stuart A. Wixson, George J. Springer, C. H. Donohue and Crown Finance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
  5. United States v. IbarraSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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