Legal Opinion
United States v. John W. Wolf
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 6, 1986No. 85-1218PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted John Wolf of two counts of violating the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2421, which so far as relevant here makes it a crime knowingly to transport in interstate commerce “any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose, or with the intent and purpose to induce, entice, or compel such woman or girl to become a prostitute or to give herself up to debauchery, or to engage in any other immoral practice.” The judge sentenced Wolf to two years in prison to be followed by three years’ probation, and fined him $3,000,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Cleveland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Thomas E. Silverstein, Adolph Reynosa, Clayton A. Fountain, and Edgar HevleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Robert E. TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Richard Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Noah Ryan Robinson and John Anthony Robinson, and Noah Robinson v. United States of America, and John A. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
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