MERRITT, Circuit Judge.
The defendants were convicted of violating the 1968 Act prohibiting "extortionate credit transactions," 18 U.S.C. §§ 891-896, by threatening another with bodily harm for the purpose of collecting a false claim of indebtedness. The District Court set aside the jury verdict on grounds that the case "does not come within the class of activity Congress sought to prohibit," and the government appeals.
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