Legal Opinion
Secsys, LLC v. Vigil
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 23, 2012No. 11-2006PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
Public officials using the power of their perches to wring money and favors from those they are supposed to serve is a problem as old as government itself. But the problem hardly persists for a lack of effort to eradicate it. Cicero tried to expunge extortion from the public arena when he prosecuted the plundering Roman governor Gaius Verres, and we do much the same today when we prosecute plundering governors of our own (see, e.g., United States v. Blagojevich, 1:08-cr00888-1 (N.D.Ill.2011)). The common law contains many and ancient proscriptions against extortion.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Village of Willowbrook v. OlechSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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