Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1972No. 71-1500PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Chief Judge.
Oscar Mitchell appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of having violated the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 1 by attempting to obstruct interstate commerce through extortion. We affirm.
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Mitchell was a job developer for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in St. Louis. This prosecution arose from a grievance held by CORE against Mr. T’s Rental of St. Louis, a business engaged in the rental and sale of television and phonograph sets primarily in the black community. 2 The substance of CORE’S and Mitchell’s complaint against Mr. T’s was that the latter, because of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Watts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Street v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. MoylanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. LeachCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by37 opinions
- United States v. Kenneth O. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Stephen G. Scholle, United States of America v. Michael S. NeedhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Keith Dwayne GilbertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. George DemetCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
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