Legal Opinion

Steiner v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 29, 1943No. 10370PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*933McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Arthur A. Steiner, Esther E. Stein, and James R. Stewart were tried, convicted, and sentenced under five counts of a six-count indictment which charged them with use of the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud, in violation of Section 215 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. Steiner alone has appealed.

The indictment charges and the proof shows that Steiner, Stein, and Stewart evolved and put into practice a scheme to procure fraudulent reductions of tax assessments on real and personal property in the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, Steiner, a lawyer,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Adler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1910
  3. Tincher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
  4. Spivey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940
  5. Hart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. United States v. Louis KovelCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
  2. Kann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  3. Parr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Edward E. Colton and Lillian Kaltman v. United States of America, United States of America v. Edward E. ColtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  5. Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951

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