Legal Opinion
William Dallas Stevens v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 15, 1962No. 19375PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant, William Dallas Stevens, and others, were charged by indictment with violation of the Mail Fraud Statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341. This is one of a number of eases in which the United States claimed that the defendants staged fake automobile accidents for the *835purpose of defrauding insurance companies. In one of these cases, Everitt, et al., v. United States, 5th Cir.1960, 281 F.2d 429, Stevens was a successful appellant in obtaining the reversal for a new trial of a conviction upon the same indictment as was the basis for the conviction which is here under…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. ChiarellaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- Glenn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. StaybackCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
- United States v. LeathersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Everitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Oscar Ramos QuezadaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Charles Goss and George C. BensonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Louis ToliverCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- Robert Thomas Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Eugene Gaines, in 19405Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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