UNITED STATES v. HARDING

No. 77-5030.

563 F.2d 299 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Don B. HARDING, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Kizer, Goff, Canale, Kizer & Cribbs, Memphis, Tenn., Howard F. Butler, Nashville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., W. Hickman Ewing, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, ENGEL, Circuit Judge, and FREEMAN, Senior District Judge.


RALPH M. FREEMAN, Senior District Judge.

Appellant Don B. Harding, urging this Court to re-examine the scope of the statute under which he was convicted, challenges the application of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, commonly known as the Hobbs Act, to his allegedly criminal activity.

Harding was the executive director of the Tennessee Real Estate Commission, one function of which is to issue licenses to real estate brokers and affiliate brokers. Harding, as executive...

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