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Third Circuit· 5/22/1972

United States v. Kenny

Citations

  • 462 F.2d 1205
  • 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 9426

How courts have described this case

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  • “kickbacks” by construction contractors to public officials established extortion “under color of official right,” despite absence of “threat, fear, or duress”
  • “Mere possibility” that some evidence under 34-count conspiracy and extortion indictment might be inadmissible against some of six defendants “is not in itself a sufficient reason for multiple trials growing out of a closely related set of transactions.”

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Judges: Gibbons

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