Legal Opinion
J. Phil Burns v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1961No. 6346PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Burns, four other individuals and two corporations were prosecuted under a 31-count indictment charging violations of the Securities Act, the mail fraud statute, and the general conspiracy statute. The jury found Burns and one corporation guilty on the 15 counts under the Securities Act and not guilty on all other counts. Three of the other individuals and one corporation were convicted on all counts and one individual was acquitted on all counts. Burns was sentenced to five-year concurrent terms on each of the 15 counts of which he was convicted. He…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. DotterweichSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Steiner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
- Chambers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- James Robert Palmer v. United States of America, Lenore Palmer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Sammy G. Daily and Frederik A. FiggeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Loren R. Gajewski and Mervin A. Gajewski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Commonwealth v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Stephen S. Chandler, United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma v. William H. Pat O'BryanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Harry Allen Lowther, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
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