Legal Opinion
Phelps v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1947No. 13110-13113PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellants were convicted by a jury, under 18 U.S.C.A. § 88,1 of having conspired to defraud the United States of the proper administration of its regulations relating to the rationing of rubber tires.2 The regulations had been promulgated by the Office of Price Administration under the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 and the Second War Powers Act, 1942, both as amended.3
The indictment ran against ten defendants. The Government dismissed as to one.4 Two others pleaded guilty. The remaining seven stood trial. Three were acquitted and four were convicted. Two of the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Fiswick v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- United States v. Alexander DurriveCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Bill Miles SkillmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Isaacs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Gabriel Parra LopezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006
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