Legal Opinion
Roy E. Gusow v. United States of America, Melvin L. Shapiro v. United States of America, Donald H. Oransky v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1965No. 7668-7670_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The appellants, Gusow, Shapiro and Oransky, were jointly indicted, tried and convicted on eight counts of using the mails to defraud, in violation of 18 U.S. C. § 1341. The sole issue raised on this appeal is whether the appellants were entitled to a judgment of acquittal for lack of substantial evidence to show either a scheme or the requisite intent to defraud.
The crime of mail fraud is broad in its scope, and may ordinarily be shown by proof of the intentional devising of a scheme to defraud and that the mail was used in furtherance of the scheme. 1 Linden v. United…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- George Beck v. The United States of America, David R. Tuthill v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1962
- Norman J. Deschenes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
- Jerome D. Linden, Robert R. Baylis, Classified Business Directory, Inc., and Directory Listings, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1958
- Silverman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. Uco Oil Company, and Donald SimeonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Howard A. Blachly and Robert L. McMillen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Thomas AllenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Michael Ray TownleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States of America in No. 98-1146 v. David Rex Yeaman in No. 98-1102Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
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