UNITED STATES v. KENT

Crim. No. H-78-112.

457 F.Supp. 982 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America v. William Thomas KENT, Patrick Petroleum Corporation of Michigan, a Michigan Corporation, Charles Douglas Robinson, Ronald Lamar Meeks, and Lauren Lee Smith, Jr.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

October 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dougald McMillan, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Jack C. O'Donnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

Tigar & Buffone, Samuel J. Buffone, Washington, D.C., for defendant Patrick Petroleum Corp. of Mich.

Tigar & Buffone, Michael E. Tigar, Washington, D.C., for defendant Charles Douglas Robinson.

Michael W. Ramsey, Houston, Tex., for defendant Ronald Lamar Meeks.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

STERLING, District Judge.

William Thomas Kent, Patrick Petroleum Corporation of Michigan, Charles Douglas Robinson, Ronald Lamar Meeks, and Lauren Lee Smith, Jr. have been indicted on numerous counts of violating the federal mail fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1341). The Defendants are charged with concocting a scheme to defraud Union Oil Company of California of "(a) its right to have its business and affairs conducted honestly . ...

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