Legal Opinion
John A. Wagner and J. Paul Peek v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1959No. 17180_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The appellants were indicted on 21 counts, all but five of which — Counts 1, 6, 13, 20, and 21 — were dismissed on motion. Count 1 charges both appellants with conspiracy; Count 6 charges the appellant Peek with bribery; Counts 13, 20, and 21 charge the appellant Wagner with making false entries of competitive bids on Government purchase orders. Peek was President of Orlando (Florida) Fuel Oil Company, Inc., a dealer in fuel oil, and Wagner was a civilian employee of the Government in the purchasing or contracting office at Orlando Air Force Base.
The trial extended over…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Sydney Ginsberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Willie Lee Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Cromer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. KravitzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1960
- United States v. TaxeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Leslie Anderson, United States of America v. James A. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Doty v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- Marion Frank Crawford v. V. Lee Bounds, Warden of Central Prison (Successor to K. B. Bailey)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
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