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U.S. v. Perrotta, No. 00-1799 (2nd Cir.) (313 F.3d 33) (December 5, 2002) (Judge Rosemary S. Pooler)

Here the Court threw out a Hobbs Act conviction on the grounds that Federal extortion charges cannot be brought where the only connection to interstate commerce is that the victim worked for a company that does business out of state.

In this case the Second Circuit joined a number of ...

 

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