Legal Opinion
Thompson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 2, 1926No. 3615, 3616PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Defendants were convicted of violating section 37 of the Criminal Code (Comp. St. § 10201), the alleged conspiracy being to defraud the United States in the location and building of certain government _ hospitals.
Defendant Forbes was the director of the Veterans’ Bureau, the chief of a board authorized to locate hospital sites and to let contracts for the construction of hospital buildings. Congress appropriated $17,000,-000 for this purpose. The appropriation for this department was later increased, and the bureau, with Forbes at its head, paid out $425,000,000…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Brown v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Perlman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Himmelfarb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
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- United States v. MillerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1948
- United States v. GillDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1931
- Czarlinsky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
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