Legal Opinion
United States v. Somers
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided March 27, 1974No. Nos. 73-1523 to 73-1526PublishedCited by 192 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge.
On May 14, 1972, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-six count indictment against William T. Somers, Richard S. Jackson, Arthur W. Ponzio, Karlos La-Sane, Robert Glass, Germaine Fisher and Florence Clark. Count 1 of the indictment charged the seven defendants with conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 19511 by obtaining *727through extortion the property of contractors, engineers, suppliers, property owners and licensees who dealt with the City of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Count 2 charged the seven defendants with conspiring to violate the…
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