TRAVERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 6687.

361 F.2d 753 (1966)

Joseph L. TRAVERS, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgar L. Kelley, Boston, Mass., with whom Walter J. Hurley, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

John Paul Sullivan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., U. S. Atty., was on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, and McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant was indicted and convicted for having paid, as an officer of a subcontractor, a fee or gratuity to a purchasing agent of a prime contractor as an inducement for, or acknowledgement of, subcontract awards on work for the federal government. The relevant statute is the Anti-Kickback Act, 41 U.S.C. §§ 51-54.1

Defendant's sole contention is that Section 51 "is on its face unconstitutional...

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