Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Brock, No. 05-6621 (6th Cir.) (501 F.3d 762) (September 6, 2007) (Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton) by In this case, the Government attempted - and failed - to expand the reach of the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. § 1951) to cover what the Court concluded was a purely state …

U.S. v. Ceballos, No. 01-1431 (2nd Cir.) (340 F.3d 115) (August 14, 2003) (Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse) by Conviction of conspiracy to bribe a public official, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 201(b)(1)(A) and 371 is reversed where evidence at trial was insufficient to permit an inference that defendant was …

U.S. v. Bustamonte, No. 93-8705 (5th Cir.) (45 F.3d 933) (February 13, 1995) (Judge W. Eugene Davis) by Here the Court held that to convict a public official of accepting an illegal gratuity, the Government is not required to prove some quid pro quo; it need only show that the …