U.S. v. Pappadopoulos, No. 93-10577 (9th Cir.) (64 F.3d 522) (August 25, 1995) (Judge J. Clifford Wallace)
Case held that the fact that a residence received natural gas from out-of-state sources was insufficient to confer federal jurisdiction in case involving prosecution for arson of personal property used in interstate commerce.
To establish this jurisdictional element, the government relied exclusively on one theory: that the Pappadopoulos residence was …
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