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UNITED STATES v. GREEN

Nos. 11887, 11888.

246 F.2d 155 (1957)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack GREEN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GENERAL LABORERS' LOCAL 397 OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 13, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. M. Fitzgerald, Springfield, Ill., Schaefer O'Neill, Alton, Ill., W. P. Roberts, Springfield, Ill., for appellants.

John B. Stoddart, Jr., U. S. Atty., Marks Alexander, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., John M. Daugherty, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., for appellee.

Before DUFFY, Chief Judge, and FINNEGAN and LINDLEY, Circuit Judges.

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendants, General Laborers' Local Union No. 397 (hereinafter referred to as the "Local Union") and Jack Green, were convicted on two counts of an indictment charging violations of the Anti-Racketeering Act sometimes referred to as the Hobbs Act. 18 U.S.C. § 1951. The provisions of the statute are, inter alia:

"(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity...

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