Legal Opinion

United States v. Enmons

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 22, 1973No. 71-1193PublishedCited by 376 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart

A one-count indictment was returned in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Loui*397siana charging the appellees with a violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U. S. C. § 1951. In pertinent part, that Act provides:

“(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000…

2Cases cited27 opinions

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3Cited by376 opinions

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