Legal Opinion
United States v. Nicholas A. Stirone
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 27, 1959No. 12543PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction rendered in the Western District of Pennsylvania in a prosecution under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. That statute penalizes anyone who “in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion * * 1 Extortion is defined as “the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear * •» 2
The verdict of the jury came following a long, hard fought trial. Defendant,…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Di Carlo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Mitchell v. C. W. Vollmer & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- National Labor Relations Board v. International Rice Milling Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- 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
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3Cited by132 opinions
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. Francis P. Long, A/K/A "Red", John Hackett, A/K/A "Jack"Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. DanskerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- United States v. AddonizioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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