Legal Opinion
Baker v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1946No. 10984PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This is another in that long line of cases in which, claiming prejudicial variance, defendants seek reversal on the ground that the indictment charged one general conspiracy, while the proof at best for the government showed several separate conspiracies.
Charging a scheme to defraud and the use of the mails in connection with the sale, as oil bearing and otherwise valuable, of marsh and swamp lands, counts one, two and three charged violations of the Securities Act of 1933, Title 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q, counts four, five, six, and seven charged violations of the mail fraud…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Joseph R. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- Robert Henry Sykes and Haydon David Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Lowell Lyons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- John B. Sanders, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- John Leslie Cotton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
23 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.