UNITED STATES v. KEMBLE

Nos. 10422, 10423.

198 F.2d 889 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. KEMBLE et al.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Gray, Philadelphia, Pa. (Albert K. Plone, Camden, N. J., Lester J. Schaffer, Philadelphia, Pa., Gray, Anderson, Schaffer & Rome, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Grover C. Richman, Jr., Newark, N. J. (Stanley E. Rutkowski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Stuart B. Rounds, Asst. U. S. Atty., Trenton, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and MARIS, GOODRICH, McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents important questions of the construction and application of the Act of July 3, 1946,1 the so-called Hobbs Act, which makes it a crime against the United States to engage in acts of violence designed to obstruct commerce by extortion. An indictment under Section 52 of the statute charged Truck Drivers and Helpers Union, Local...

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