Legal Opinion
United States v. Salvatore Battaglia and Dave Evans
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 9, 1968No. 16313_1PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
In February 1967, defendants Dave Evans, Salvatore Battaglia and Joseph Amabile were indicted for conspiring with each other and with non-defendant Rocco Pranno to violate the Hobbs Act.1 The gist of the conspiracy charge was that defendants obtained $48,500 from the Riley Management Corporation by extortion. As required by the statute, the indictment also charged that the conspiracy affected interstate commerce, particularly with respect to that firm’s construction of the King Arthur Apartments in Lansing, Illinois. The three defendants were found guilty by a jury.…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Estes v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- United States v. Ralph 'Whitey' Tropiano, Lawrence R. Pellegrino and William Grasso,defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- United States v. PalermoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Bernard J. CampbellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Joseph AmabileCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
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