Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 5/21/1954
State v. Nadeau
Citations
- 105 A.2d 194
- 81 R.I. 505
- 1954 R.I. LEXIS 120
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- construing statute as restricting “the prohibited actions to those performed by a servant in relation to his official capacity with the city”
- overturning commercial bribery conviction of councilman for planning to accept payment to attempt to influence selection of city police chief, because councilman had no control over selection process
- bribery does not encompass acts “wholly outside the scope of [a public servant’s] official powers, duties and rights”
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Judges: Flynn, Baker, Condon, O'Connell
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Little v. Conflict of Interest CommissionSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-02-08· cited 80×
- United States v. Louis Parise, Jr.Third Circuit· 1998-10-28· cited 41×
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1974-08-05· cited 41×
- State v. BowlingCourt of Appeals of Arizona· 1967-05-16· cited 9×
- Bottomley v. CoffinSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-03-27· cited 8×
- Nell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-09-06· cited 4×
- Mamodoh Abouemara v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia· 2023-06-06
- United States v. David PaitselD.C. Circuit· 2025-08-01
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