Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Craig and Louis A. Markert
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1978No. 77-1364PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.
Among the members of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-seventh Illinois General Assembly were the defendants-appellants herein, Robert Craig and Louis A. Markert, both of whom were found guilty by a jury of conspiring to commit extortion under color of official right in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The events giving rise to the prosecution of these charges occurred during the Spring and Fall 1971 Session of the Illinois General Assembly, and concern the defendants’…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Hyde v. ShineSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- United States v. KenofskeySupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- United States v. WinterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1981
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