Legal Opinion
United States v. Frederick Newell Boswell, David Rule Nichols and Emmett Howard Herndon
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1978No. 76-1843PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
The actors in the course of conduct which resulted in the convictions hereinafter described were Frederick Newell Boswell, Emmett Howard Herndon, David Rule Nichols, and Robert Doran.
During 1973, Boswell had been operating a company in North Carolina called Pine-hurst Mortgage and Loan Company. Pine-hurst solicited investments from the public and used the funds so derived to acquire real estate and mortgage holdings. The money deposited was represented by promissory notes to be repaid at a certain time with interest. Deciding to expand his operations, Boswell enlisted…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Kroll v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- United States v. Charles Goss and George C. BensonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Sand v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1985
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