UNITED STATES v. CALAMARO

No. 11846.

236 F.2d 182 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. Victor CALAMARO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1956.

Certiorari Granted October 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa., (Thomas D. McBride, McBride, von Moschzisker & Bradley, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Norman C. Henss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa. (W. Wilson White, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Granted October 15, 1956. See 77 S.Ct. 97.

HASTIE, Circuit Judge.

The special occupational tax, recently imposed on gamblers by Section 471(a) of the Revenue Act of 1951, 65 Stat. 531, 26 U.S.C. § 3285 et seq., and the attendant criminal sanctions are bringing bizarre problems to the national courts. Witness the present appeal, which turns on a question of job classification in the so-called numbers racket.

The legislative scheme makes...

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