Legal Opinion
United States v. George E. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 17, 1981No. 79-1738PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge:
Defendant appeals from a jury conviction for conspiring to defraud the United States by bid-rigging a timber sale by the United States Forest Service in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The same jury acquitted him of a Sherman Act § 1 antitrust charge of conspiring to restrain trade in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1 as to the same timber sales. 1 He was sentenced to a term of two years, but only required to serve 90 days and pay a $10,000 fine, with a five-year probationary period to follow his confinement.
Walker first argues that the indictment, which was returned…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Albernaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- American Tobacco Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. Sadik Xheka and Beha XhekaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. DohertyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
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- United States v. KnowlesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Dynalectric Company Paxson Electric Company G.W. Walther Ewalt Wesley C. Paxson, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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