Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernard Cornfeld, Dba Grayhall, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1977No. 76-3391PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Bernard Cornfeld was convicted by jury trial on three counts of fraud by wire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, for the use of two multi-frequency signal generators, called “blue boxes”, which enabled callers to reroute long distance telephone calls and avoid being billed for the services. We affirm.
I
The indictment chronologically broke down the scheme to defraud into two separate time periods. Between July 20 and October 18, 1974, Cornfeld utilized or caused to be utilized the “415” area code scheme, and between approximately October 29, 1974 and January 28, 1975, he utilized or…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Donald Eugene Parker, United States of America v. Nicholas FaitheCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Alvin Bubis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Carol Ann Goldstein, United States of America v. Toby RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. John Anton Richardson, Ralph S. Bowman, Frank Salaman, Robert William BradfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Jack SigalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Artie Ray Dufur, AKA Artie Ray BakerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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