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CALLANAN v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 15139-15143.

223 F.2d 171 (1955)

Lawrence CALLANAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Carl BIANCHI, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. L. A. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. William POSTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. R. M. SECOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurman Arnold, Washington, D. C., and Morris A. Shenker, St. Louis, Mo. (Sidney M. Glazer, Mark M. Hennelly, Harry H. Craig, Wiley, Craig & Armbuster, St. Louis, Mo., Philip A. Foley, William J. Hough, Clayton, Mo., and Arnold, Fortas & Porter, Washington, D. C., were with them on the brief), for appellants.

Forrest Boecker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Clayton, Mo. (Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., and Tom DeWolfe, Special Asst. to the Atty. Gen., were with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, COLLET, and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, Callanan, Bianchi, Thompson, Poster, and Secor, who were defendants below and will hereinafter be designated as defendants, appeal from conviction, judgment and sentence upon an indictment in two counts charging each of them with conspiracy to extort and the substantive offense of extortion, the indictment being based upon Title 18, section 1951, U.S.C., known as the Hobbs Act or the Anti-Racketeering Act. The extortion...

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