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UNITED STATES v. STIRONE

No. 13824.

311 F.2d 277 (1962)

The UNITED STATES of America, v. Nicholas A. STIRONE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided November 26, 1962.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1962.

Certiorari Denied March 4, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Nathaniel Richter, Philadelphia, Pa., (Charles A. Lord Seymour I. Toll, Richter, Levy, Lord, Toll & Cavanaugh, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Robert G. Maysack, Attorney in Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., (Herbert J. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph S. Ammerman, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Samuel J. Reich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Allen J. Krouse, Atty., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before MARIS, McLAUGHLIN and GANEY, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied March 4, 1963. See 83 S.Ct. 881.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted upon an indictment charging a violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, in that he, as a labor leader, extorted $31,274.13 from one William G. Rider by the use of threats of labor trouble which would obstruct and prevent Rider from performing a valuable contract. Appellant's previous conviction upon the same indictment had been reversed, Stirone v...

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