Legal Opinion
United States v. Baborian
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 25, 1981No. C. R. 80-0018PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judge.
The defendants are accused of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1084. 1 Though a jury was impanelled, it was subsequently excused, and the case was tried to the Court by agreement of the parties.
The major question presented is whether or not the activities of the defendant Baborian constituted the “business of betting or wagering.” 18 U.S.C. § 1084(a) reads as follows:(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. FeolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. SaccoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Harry Sagansky v. United States of America, Morris Weinstein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by9 opinions
- United States v. SouthardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Thomas R. Lussier v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster General, Thomas R. Lussier v. Marvin Runyon, United States Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- (2001), Maryland Attorney General Reports2001
- Lussier v. Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Lussier v. Postmaster GeneralCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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