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U.S. v. Brock, No. 05-6621 (6th Cir.) (501 F.3d 762) (September 6, 2007) (Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton)

Loaded on Oct. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists October 08, 2007
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, State Officials.

In this case, the Government attempted - and failed - to expand the reach of the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. ยง 1951) to cover what the Court concluded was a purely state crime that Congress never intended to cover within the purview of a Federal prosecution.

Two brothers, Michael and ...

 

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