UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT

No. 85-4208.

804 F.2d 843 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patrick H. WRIGHT, Jr., and William E. Armstrong, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, New Orleans, La., Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Patrick H. Wright, Jr., William E. Armstrong, Lavalle B. Salomon, Monroe, La., for Wright.

Mack E. Barham, David B. Girard, New Orleans, La., for Armstrong.

D.H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for U.S.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(797 F.2d 245, 5th Cir.1986, August 18, 1986)

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

On petition for rehearing, Wright and Armstrong urge, among other things, that the court erred in finding a nexus between the extortionate conduct and interstate commerce. Judge Brown in his dissent argued that this case never should have been brought in the United States...

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