Legal Opinion
Collins v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1946No. 11037PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEALY, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, with two others, were indicted for violations of the fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77q (a) (1), and the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338, and for conspiracy to violate these statutes. They were convicted on the conspiracy count only. Their code-fendants were acquitted on all counts. The primary claim here is that the evidence was insufficient to prove the conspiracy.
We are not able to agree. There is evidence warranting the jury in believing that appellants participated in a fraudulent if largely unsuccessful scheme to rig…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Phillips v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Worthington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924
- Daniels v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
- Carter v. State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by22 opinions
- United States v. Jack A. LustmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- United States v. ProvooDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1955
- Miller v. OverholserCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1953
- Jerome Kenneth Mack v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- Jerome Benson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
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