Legal Opinion
Wacksman v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 7, 1961No. 2835PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
QUINN, Associate Judge.
• Following a lengthy trial (producing a transcript 1,600 pages long as well as an exceptionally large number of exhibits), a jury found appellant guilty of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 712, which makes it unlawful for a debt collection agency to employ misleading words or symbols “for the purpose of conveying and in a manner reasonably calculated to convey the false impression” of federal affiliation. 1 She appeals.
During the period specified in the charge, from January through May 1960, appellant conducted a “skip-tracing” service from an office in the District of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Morton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Campbell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Richards v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Sanford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Jackson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- Perritt v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- J. Garrett Beitzell v. Bernard L. Frishman. Belle F. FrishmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Shepard Boneparth and J. S. Boneparth & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972