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UNITED STATES v. NELSON

No. G78-115 CR5.

486 F.Supp. 464 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Earl E. NELSON and John A. MacLellan, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

February 15, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Brady, U. S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiff.

William Waterman, Pontiac, Mich., Cassius E. Street, Jr., Lansing, Mich., Irving Tukel, Southfield, Mich., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

HILLMAN, Douglas W. District Judge.

THE CASE

On July 26, 1978, the grand jury indicted Earl E. Nelson, a Michigan State Senator, with violating the Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. § 1951) by accepting $5,000.00 from John A. MacLellan, a lawyer, businessman and lobbyist, in exchange for his introducing legislation designed to legalize greyhound dog racing in the State of Michigan. 18 U.S.C. § 1951 reads, in part, as follows:

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