Legal Opinion
Woodrow W Cape v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 6, 1960No. 16471_1PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Woodrow W. Cape from a judgment of conviction under the Hobbs Anti-Racketeering Act, 18 U.S. C.A. § 1951. The indictment was in two counts: the first charged appellant with extorting $1,000 from A. J. Curtis and Ben Mapes, agents of certain corporations engaged in pipeline construction in interstate commerce; the second charged him with extortion by attempting to obtain an automobile from A. J. Curtis; both counts alleged that appellant accomplished the extortion with consent of the victims “ * * * by wrongful use of actual and threatened force,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Monroe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
- Remmer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- Carl Bianchi v. United States of America, L. A. Thompson v. United States of America, William Poster v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
- Stoppelli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by35 opinions
- United States v. Roy Arthur NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- State v. SpicaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1965
- United States v. Clarence J. Quinn, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Jerome Byrnes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
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