Legal Opinion

United States v. Mullet

District Court, N.D. Ohio

Decided May 31, 2012No. Case No. 5:11 CR 594PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

DAN A. POLSTER, District Judge.

On March 28, 2012, a federal grand jury issued a 10-count superseding indictment (Doc. # 87) charging the Defendants1 with, among other things, committing hate crimes in violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. § 249(a)(2).2 The superseding indictment alleges that the Defendants, members of the Amish faith, committed acts of violence against other Amish as punishment for their beliefs and practices. The Defendants challenge the hate-crime charges and have filed motions to dismiss (Docs.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  5. Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. United States v. JenkinsDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2012
  2. United States v. MasonDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 2014
  3. United States v. EpsteinDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2015
  4. United States v. YaroshenkoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2015
  5. United States v. JenkinsDistrict Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2013

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