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· 2/28/1966

La Placa v. United States

Citations

  • 383 U.S. 927

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting “goodwill” theory of property that was not alleged in Indictments for mail and wire fraud
  • dismissing mail and wire fraud charges based on loss of control over spending of pension funds
  • finding no unconstitutional amendment to reduced-count indictment because the remaining counts sufficiently alleged a racketeering conspiracy
  • questioning whether McNally supports the argument that the right to control money constitutes property
  • pension fund trustees were associated with the mortgage company that bribed trustees for investments
  • deprivation of “honest, faith ful, prudent and diligent services by its employees”

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