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U.S. v. FULLMER

Nos. 06-4211, 06-4296, 06-4339, 06-4436, 06-4437, 06-4438, 06-4447.

584 F.3d 132 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America v. Darius FULLMER, Appellant, United States of America v. Andrew Stepanian, Appellant, United States of America v. Kevin Kjonaas a/k/a Kevin Jonas a/k/a Steve Shore a/k/a Jim Fareer, Kevin Kjonaas, Appellant, United States of America v. Joshua Harper, Appellant, United States of America v. Lauren Gazzola, Appellant, United States of America v. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA, Inc., Appellant, United States of America v. Jacob Conroy, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: October 14, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Louis Sirkin (Argued), Sirkin Pinales & Schwartz LLP, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellant Lauren Gazzola.

Robert G. Stahl (Argued), Laura K. Gasiorowski, Stahl Farella & Sarokin, Westfield, NJ, for Appellant Kevin Kjonaas.

Peter Goldberger (Argued), Ardmore, PA, for Appellant Joshua Harper.

Robert A. Obler, Lawrenceville, NJ, for Appellant Darius Fullmer.

Paul J. Hetznecker, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Andrew Stepanian.

Andrew F. Erba, II, Williams, Cuker, & Berezofsky, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA, Inc.

Hal K. Haveson, Haveson & Otis, Princeton, NJ, for Appellant Jacob Conroy.

Glenn J. Moramarco (Argued), George S. Leone, Assistant United States Attorney, Camden Federal Building & Courthouse, Camden, NJ, for Appellee.

Matthew Strugar, Esq., Center for Constitutional Rights, National Lawyers Guild, First Amendment Lawyers Association, New York, NY, Amici Curiae-Appellants.

Before: FUENTES and FISHER, Circuit Judges and DITTER, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Darius Fullmer, Andrew Stepanian, Kevin Kjonaas, Joshua Harper, Lauren Gazzola, Jacob Conroy, and Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty ("SHAC") collectively challenge their convictions for conspiracy to violate the Animal Enterprise Protection Act ("AEPA"), 18 U.S.C. § 43 (2002). Notably, our interpretation of this statute is an issue of first impression in this, or any, circuit court of appeal.

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