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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

Crim. A. No. 79-46.

480 F.Supp. 1040 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. Henry E. WILLIAMS.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

June 20, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Crim. Div., Geoffrey L. Beauchamp, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Virgil M. Wheeler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant.

ORDER AND REASONS

DUPLANTIER, District Judge.

This case involves an unusual and apparently first attempt in this Circuit to apply the "color of official right" part of the "extortion" definition in the Hobbs Act to activities of a local public official not involving duress or fear of harm.

Defendant, Henry Williams, was convicted by a jury on all counts of a three count indictment charging violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, known as the Anti-Racketeering...

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