Legal Opinion
Wayne Rosser Abbott v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 19, 1956No. 15962PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Abbott, convicted for interstate transportation of a stolen geophysical map having a value exceeding $5,000.00, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314, and use of the mails to defraud, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341, appeals from a single sentence, urging primarily that motion for judgment of acquittal ought to have been granted for insufficient evidence on (1) value and interstate transportation under Section 2314, and (2) substantial use of the mails to execute a fraudulent scheme under Section 1341.
Despite vigorous denials by Abbott and many circumstances pointing toward innocence, there was…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Shushan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Corcoran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by58 opinions
- Perry O. Hooper, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Consolidated American Industries, Inc. v. Mountain States Securities CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Jerry R. BohonusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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- George Herman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. James Mitchell NewmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
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