Legal Opinion
United States v. Martin Sklaroff and Jesse Sklaroff, United States of America v. Martin Sklaroff, Jesse Sklaroff, and Barney Tillman Berry
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1975No. 71-2948, 71-3192PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Martin and Jesse Sklaroff were convicted in the Southern District of Florida on charges of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 1084. 1 They were also convicted in the Northern District of Georgia, along with defendant Berry, of conspiring to violate § 1084, and on substantive counts charging violations of § 1084.
The essence of the charges was the business of bookmaking and the use of the telephone by the Sklaroffs to transmit information assisting in the placing of bets and wagers to Berry and a co-defendant Dudley in Atlanta, and to others in cities outside Florida.…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Berger v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. ChavezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Arthur TortorelloCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by59 opinions
- United States v. Bonifacio De La Fuente, Ronald Albert Cardenas, George Sierra, Pat Vargas,augie D. Sierra, and Robert StewartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. TurnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Eugene C. Kirk, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Kenneth CohenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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