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UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL

No. 71-1500.

463 F.2d 187 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Oscar MITCHELL, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1972.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Gilden, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Jerome J. Murphy, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., Daniel Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Atty., Terry I. Adelman, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Melvin L. Wulf, Sanford Jay Rosen, American Civil Liberties Union, New York City, Brief of American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Circuit Judge, and HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

MATTHES, Chief Judge.

Oscar Mitchell appeals from his conviction, after a jury trial, of having violated the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 19511 by attempting to obstruct interstate commerce through extortion. We affirm.

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Mitchell was a job developer for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in St. Louis. This prosecution arose from a grievance held by CORE against Mr. T's Rental of St. Louis, a business engaged in the...

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