Legal Opinion
United States v. Clearfield
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 1973No. Crim. 72-294PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
EDWARD R. BECKER, District Judge.
I. Preliminary Statement
We have before us the motions of defendant Theodore Clearfield for a new trial and arrest of judgment in the wake of a four-week-long non-jury trial 1 in which he was charged with sixteen counts of violating or aiding and abetting violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. 2 Defendant is a licensed real estate broker who sold a considerable number of inner city houses, which he owned, with the aid of FHA-insured mortgages which he obtained for the purchasers. The gravamen of the government’s case was that the FHA mortgage…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- United States v. GillilandSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. KennyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- United States v. John Paul MalinowskiCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Louis A. Marchisio, John H. Seiter and W. Ward WhippleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by6 opinions
- UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. A. Alvin GREBER, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Andrew Lange, D/B/A Lange Construction CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Lourice Baker and Lena Marie KnowltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Richard E. HawkCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Holmes v. General Dynamics Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1993
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