Legal Opinion
United States v. Clements
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1979No. 77-5492PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
This is a gambling case in which the bulk of the Government’s evidence was obtained through telephone wiretaps. Defendants challenge their convictions on four major grounds: first, they attack the court order permitting the telephone taps, arguing that, the supporting affidavit was deficient for a number of reasons; second, they assert the Government has failed to prove a violation of the federal gambling statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1955, in that there was neither (1) a violation of state law, (2) the requisite five persons in the business, nor (3) the required financial…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Harold McMillanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Phillip Onori and Theodore BukkyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by33 opinions
- United States v. John Russell Webster, Jr., Delbert Paul Hoskins, Robert Bode and John Jay CapertonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Marvin P. Johnson, Robert A. Wilkins, Duane Quamina, Patricia Gordon, Mark Francis JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. DorfmanDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
- United States v. DedmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
- United States v. GorelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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