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Title: United States V. Beeler
Author : Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals
Release Date : January 30, 1978
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 56 KB

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Defendant, John M. Beeler, was convicted by a jury in the Eastern District of Tennessee for obstructing, delaying and affecting commerce by extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1976).*fn1 Beeler, as Knox County Commissioner of Welfare, allegedly extorted payments from Robert Kenneth Vann, manager of Browning-Ferris Industries of Knoxville, Inc. (BFI). We reverse.