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· 3/28/1978

United States v. Culbert

Citations

  • 435 U.S. 371
  • 98 S. Ct. 1112
  • 55 L. Ed. 2d 349
  • 1978 U.S. LEXIS 75

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that Congressional prohibition of conduct already criminalized under state law does not necessarily disturb federal-state comity
  • finding that Congressional prohibition of conduct already criminalized under state law does not necessarily disturb federal-state comity
  • explaining that the words of the Hobbs Act “do not lend themselves to restrictive interpretation”
  • explaining that the words of the Hobbs Act “do not lend themselves to restrictive interpretation”
  • explaining that the words of the Hobbs Act “do not lend themselves to restrictive interpretation”
  • declining to limit the Hobbs Act’s scope to an undefined category of conduct termed “racketeering”

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Judges: Brennan, Marshall, Members

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