Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Taglione, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1977No. 76-2257PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
I. FACTS
Appellant, Joseph Taglione, Jr., was convicted of unlawfully and wilfully committing extortion, which extortion did obstruct, delay and affect commerce and the movement of articles and commodities in com merce, in violation of Title 18, U.S.C., § 1951. 1 The relevant facts are as follows: On March 1, 1975, Shell Oil Company shipped a box of D-16 credit card invoices 2 totalling $78,000 from its distribution plant in Zionsville, Indiana, to its credit card center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, via transport truck and air carrier.
These invoices never reached the Tulsa…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. John T. GoodwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Robert L. Strauss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Louis San MartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Thomas L. Thaggard, Sr., and Vanzie BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. Larry Allen MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Richard W. MillerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. James Harrison Barham, A/K/A Robert MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. The Southland Corporation and S. Richmond Dole and Eugene Mastropieri, the Southland Corporation, Eugene MastropieriCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- United States v. MalatestaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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