Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Nadaline
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1973No. 72-1431PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
Title 18, § 1951(a) of the United States Code [The Hobbs Act, approved June 25, 1948, 62 Stat. 793, as amended] reads as follows:
Ҥ 1951. Interference with commerce by threats or violence
“(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Loper v. BetoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Anthony ProvenzanoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by43 opinions
- United States v. ZemekCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. John Henry Butera, Robert Andrew DenomaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Shafter W. SummersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. George Joseph Santoni, United States of America v. John Jake Konstantine JakubikCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. ZemekCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
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