Legal Opinion
Felder v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 1925No. 48PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
Although seriously argued, the objections made against the form of indictment and technique of trial require no more than reference to well-established legal principles.
The indictment plainly averred that the persons whose corruption was to be effected according to the scheme proposed were officers of the United States or persons acting for the United States. The first category is of persons acting under appointments “embracing the ideas of tenure, duration, emolument, and duties” (United States v. Hartwell, 6 Wall. 385, 18 L. Ed. 830),…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. HartwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Auffmordt v. HeddenSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Putnam v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Rumely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Bosselman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1917
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Cooper v. O'CONNORCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- William Dennis Riggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Austin-Bagley CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1929
- Poliafico v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1956
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