SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal our principal concern is the nature of the effect on interstate commerce needed to establish jurisdiction under the Hobbs Act.
An eleven-count indictment, filed October 30, 1975, charged Thelbert C. Elders with violating the federal tax laws and the Hobbs Act. Subsequently, the grand jury returned a superseding indictment, changing the dates of the periods in the two extortion counts. Before trial the Government dismissed...
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