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SECSYS, LLC v. VIGIL

No. 11-2006.

666 F.3d 678 (2012)

SECSYS, LLC, a New Mexico Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert VIGIL and Ann Marie Gallegos, in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Kennedy ( Arne R. Leonard with him on the briefs), of Kennedy & Han, P.C., Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen S. Hamilton ( Holly Agajanian and Hans Erickson with him on the brief), of Montgomery & Andrews, P.A., Santa Fe, NM, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MURPHY, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Public officials using the power of their perches to wring money and favors from those they are supposed to serve is a problem as old as government itself. But the problem hardly persists for a lack of effort to eradicate it. Cicero tried to expunge extortion from the public arena when he prosecuted the plundering Roman governor Gaius Verres, and we do much the same today when we prosecute plundering governors of our own (see, e.g., United...

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