United States v. Carbone

SWEENEY, District Judge.

There are now before me the defendants’ motions to quash and demurrers to the indictments filed against them.

The indictments generally charge the defendants with violating the so-called Kick Back Act, 40 U.S.C.A., § 276b, which reads as follows: “Whoever shall induce any person employed in the construction, prosecution, or completion of any public building, public work, or building or work financed in whole or in part by loans or grants from the United States, or in the repair thereof to give up any part of the compensation to which he is entitled under his contract of…