Rewis v. U.S., No. 5343 (U.S. Supreme Court) (401 U.S. 808; 91 S.Ct. 1056) (April 5, 1971) (Justice Marshall)
The defendants in this case were convicted of violating the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. 1952, which prohibits interstate travel in furtherance of certain criminal activity. Their convictions arose from a lottery, or numbers operation, which petitioners admittedly ran in Yulee, Florida, a small community located a few miles south of ...
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