United States v. Deardorff

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Memorandum Opinion on Defense of Extortion and Discovery of FBI Files

I

Defendants are charged in Counts One through Four of a five-count indictment with violating 18 U.S.C. § 1952, the Travel Act, by using the facilities of *1048interstate commerce with intent to promote the commission of the offense of bribery, in violation of the laws of Pennsylvania, and thereafter carrying out that intent, and with conspiring to do the same.1

Defendant Kahn, as President and Chairman of the Board of Teleprompter Corporation, is alleged to have traveled to Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with the…