Legal Opinion

United States v. Brandt

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 9, 1952No. 19-4067PublishedCited by 85 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Brandt and Green-berg and defendant Cancer Welfare Fund,. Inc., are charged with violating 18 U.S. C.A. § 1341 in using the mails to carry out a scheme to defraud and to obtain money by false pretenses. A trial to the jury resulted in a verdict of guilty, and the court sentenced the individual defendants to terms of imprisonment. They now appeal.

From the testimony adduced, it appears that sometime in 1949 appellants, previously associated with a charitable organization devoted to rendering financial assistance to victims of cancer, decided to…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. United States v. BallardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. United States v. MarzanoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
  4. United States v. BucknerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
  5. Hunter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932

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3Cited by85 opinions

  1. United States v. NataleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  2. Thomas E. Blunt v. United States of America, Thomas E. Blunt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  3. Benjamin Dranow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  4. United States v. Albert GrunbergerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
  5. United States v. Francis CrowleyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003

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