United States v. Marvin Mattson and Edward F. Greene

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• holding that extortion directed against an individual does not affect interstate commerce where the payoff does not deplete the assets of an entity engaged in interstate commerce and no other connection with interstate commerce exists
• finding that to constitute a Hobbs Act crime, the offense itself must affect interstate commerce
• finding that to constitute a Hobbs Act crime, the offense itself must affect interstate commerce
• finding that to constitute a Hobbs Act crime, the offense itself must affect interstate commerce
• victim withdrew $1,000 from his checking and savings account and raised another $2,000 by taking out a personal loan; no effect on interstate commerce
• “Even a beneficial effect on interstate commerce, e.g., facilitating the flow of building materials across state lines, is within the prohibition of the statute”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).