Legal Opinion
United States v. Addonizio
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 30, 1970No. Crim. 548-69PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
BARLOW, District Judge.
This case involves thirteen defendants (originally there were fifteen; two have since died) charged with violations of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, in a sixty-six count indictment, Cr.No. 548-69, returned by a United States Grand Jury on December 17th, 1969. Specifically, Count I charges the defendants with “wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously” conspiring to “obstruct, delay and affect interstate commerce” by extortion “induced both by fear of financial injury and under color of official right” in connection with certain municipal construction…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Lawn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Beck v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by47 opinions
- United States v. AddonizioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- State v. LoukWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- State v. LoukWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- United States v. E. Graydon Shuford, United States of America v. Herman S. Jordan, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. AddonizioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
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