Legal Opinion
Ratigan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1937No. 8319PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
The errors complained of may be placed in a group of three: (a) No offense stated in counts I to XII, inclusive; (b) insufficiency of the evidence; (c) entrapment.
The indictment charges that appellant “ * * * did feloniously sell morphine * * * by means of hypodermic administration * * * not in the course of the professional practice * * * or in good faith, or for legitimate medical purposes * * * merely for the purpose of gratifying his (purchaser’s) craving for the drug * * * not in pursuance of a written order * * * on a form issued in blank for that purpose by the…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- United States v. BalintSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- United States v. BehrmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Casey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Nigro v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Hollywood Baseball Ass'n v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1964
- Helvering v. Nebraska Bridge Supply & Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- United States v. BrandenburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
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