Legal Opinion
John W. Davis, Hugh Winn, John Katsikos, and Joseph Leo Vedder v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 18, 1966No. 21862_1PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, District Judge:
This is an appeal from judgments entered upon jury verdicts of guilty. The prosecution of appellants Davis, Winn, Katsikos, and Vedder was upon an indictment under 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 18 U.S.C. § 1992. 1 Specifically, Count I charged that appellants conspired to wilfully derail, disable and wreck trains operated by the Florida East Coast Railroad (hereafter FEC); Count II charged that appellants wilfully placed dynamite near a bridge with intent to derail trains operated by the FEC; Count III charged that appellants attempted to derail FEC trains.
Appellants Davis and…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. GaineySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. DebrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by66 opinions
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