Legal Opinion

Dixson v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 22, 1984No. 82-5279PublishedCited by 123 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall

These consolidated cases present the question whether officers of a private, nonprofit corporation administering and expending federal community development block grants are “public officials” for purposes of the federal bribery statute. 18 U. S. C. § 201(a).

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In 1979, the city of Peoria received two federal block grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The first was a $400,000 Community Development Block Grant; the second a $638,000 Metro Reallocation Grant. Both grants were funded through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (HCDA), 88 Stat. 633, as…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. United States v. OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Rewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. United States v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. United States v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by123 opinions

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  4. United States v. Sonya Evette SingletonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. R. L. C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1992

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