 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Business & Economics - 1998 - 112 pages
...in that case were union members and officials indicted for extortion under the Hobbs Act defined as "obtaining of property from another, with his consent,...use of actual or threatened force, violence or fear * * *." S. 230 would overturn the Court's ruling and apply the Hobbs Act to situations in which threats,... | |
 | Madeleine Mercedes Plasencia - Law - 1999 - 392 pages
...including extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 USC § 1951.2 Section 1951(b)(2) defines extortion as "the obtaining of property from another, with his...of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." Petitioners alleged that respondents conspired to use threatened... | |
 | Theodore F. Sterling - Business & Economics - 2002 - 194 pages
...as the "Hobbs Act," which prohibits the interference with commerce by way of "extortion," defined as the "obtaining of property from another, with his...use of actual or threatened force, violence or fear, or under color of official right. "I2y Demands by elected public officials on private citizens for... | |
 | Charles Doyle - Computers - 2002 - 112 pages
...more than twenty years, or both," 18 USC 1951 (a).9 For purpose of section 1951, "'extortion' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of. ..fear," 18 USC 1951(b)(2). The government need show only a minimal impact on interstate or foreign... | |
 | Lawrence M. Salinger - Business & Economics - 2005 - 1013 pages
...involving organized crime, gang activity, or wide-ranging schemes." The term extortion is defined as the "obtaining of property from another, with his...of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." Importantly, "fear" as defined in the act is not restricted to bodily... | |
 | William C. Heffernan, John Kleinig - Philosophy - 2004 - 386 pages
...was adopted in 1946. The Hobbs Act defines extortion as follows: (b)(2) The term "extortion" means the obtaining of property from another with his consent,...of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right. In McCormick v. United States,92 a West Virginia state legislator... | |
 | Charles Rowley, Friedrich Schneider - Business & Economics - 2004 - 1142 pages
...or authority of office." More specifically, the Hobbs Act (18 USC 1951(b)(2)) defines extortion as "the obtaining of property from another, with his...of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right." Whether blackmail is deemed to be a criminal act or not, the question... | |
 | Debran Rowland - History - 2004 - 834 pages
...group's goal.251 The Hobbs Act defined extortion as "the obtaining of property from another, without his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right."252 The National Organization for Women also asserted a claim under... | |
 | Committee on Business and Corporate Litigation - Business & Economics - 2006 - 1338 pages
...Act bars interference in interstate commerce by means of extortion. The Act defines "extortion" as the obtaining of property from another, with his consent,...of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right. 9. 18 USC §§ 1961 et set}. 10. 321 F. Supp. 2d 72 (DDC 2004). ris,... | |
 | B. G. Kutais - Computers - 2006 - 242 pages
...more than twenty years, or both," 18 USC 1951(a).[188] For purpose of section 1951, "'extortion' means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of . . . fear," 18 USC 1951(b)(2). The government need show only a minimal impact on interstate or foreign... | |
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extortion" means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right. 
