Weissman v. Spencer, White & Prentis, Inc.

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• finding that obtaining a business’s customers through threat of physical injury constituted larceny by extortion
• construing \property\ for N.Y. extortion statute, Penal Law § 155.05(2)(3), to include certain intangible rights
• construing “property” for N.Y. extortion statute, Penal Law § 155.-05(2)(3), to include certain intangible rights
• right to solicit and to service business customers is \property\ within meaning of New York grand larceny by extortion statute
• “property” includes intangible goods, because “[s]urely the extortionist’s demand for the business itself, or a part of it, is, if anything, more egregious than the demand simply for money”
• threat of personal injury if target of threat fulfilled a refuse disposal contract

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