Legal Opinion

United States v. Thomas F. Stockheimer, Leonard A. Peth, Harry Days and Mark Van Dyke

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 28, 1998No. 97-1939, 97-2017, 97-2018 and 97-2019PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Word got around that an organization called Family Farm Preservation (FFP) had developed a novel method of debt management — the Certified Money Order (CMO). Inquiring minds learned that for a suggested donation of $500, FFP would provide a packet of blank CMOs, and some sample documents illustrating how to use them. FFP’s CMOs were a little larger than ordinary cur rency and were in the form of figure 1, below. FFP typically included a numbered receipt for certified mail and a return receipt card with each packet of CMOs.

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According to the instructions FFP…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. Stinson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Cheek v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  5. Gray v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. United States v. Abraham HernandezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
  2. United States v. Marcus LeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  3. United States v. Victor E. Robbins, Sr., A/K/A Gene, Roy G. Robbins, A/K/A Gordon, and James HerrimanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
  4. United States v. James Thomas McBrideCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  5. United States v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011

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