Legal Opinion
Hulahan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1954No. 15000PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Paul H. Hulahan, upon his plea of not guilty to an indictment containing eight counts, was tried by a jury and convicted. The statute upon which each of the counts was based is § 1951, Title 18 U.S.C. That statute, so far as pertinent, provides:
“Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by * * * extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, * * * shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.”
The statute defines “extortion” as “the obtaining of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- National Labor Relations Board v. FainblattSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. Employing Plasterers Assn. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Corcoran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by63 opinions
- Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. AddonizioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Nicholas A. StironeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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