Legal Opinion
United States v. Theodore Lawler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 26, 1969No. 16758_1PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In August 1967, defendant Theodore Lawler, also known as Mousey, was indicted for a March 22, 1967, sale of 73.-908 grams of heroin to Frank Corcoran in Chicago, in violation of Section 4705(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. 1 This Section, derived from the Harrison Act of 1914, provides:
“It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, or give away narcotic drugs except in pursuance of a written order of the person to whom such article is sold, bartered, exchanged, or given, on a form to be issued in blank for that purpose by the Secretary [of the…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Marchetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Smith v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. DoremusSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by36 opinions
- United States v. Theodore J. Isaacs and Otto Kerner, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Thomas E. KeaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- United States v. John Hedman, Michael Jercich, Thomas Karnick and Henry Larsen, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- State v. NixSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- United States v. Richard AlstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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