Legal Opinion
Samuel D. Wright v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 24, 1984No. 307, Docket 83-2150PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.
More than five years ago we affirmed the conviction of appellant Samuel D. Wright, onetime chairman of New York City Community School Board 23 and later a New York City councilman, in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 559 F.Supp. 1139, for having solicited and received “under color of official right” a payment of $5,000 from Behavioral Research Laboratories, Inc. (BRL), a seller of educational systems and materials, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and conspiring to defraud the United States of federal funds granted to the school…
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