What is that “obtainable property” under the Hobbs Act should be clarified to include recommendations regarding the distribution of specific awards or prizes.
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What Code's definition of extortion was adopted by the Hobbs Act? Hint: it served as the model 19th-century American criminal code
What is Field’s Penal Code
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Name 1 of the 3 statutes that provide guidance for interpreting "property" under the Hobbs Act
What is (1) 18 U.S.C. § 201: Bribery; (2) 18 U.S.C. § 1954: Racketeering; (3) 18 U.S.C. § 1341-1346: Mail & Wire Fraud
300
In Tropiano, what did the court hold was a property right?
What is the right to pursue a lawful business (including the solicitation of customers necessary to the conduct of such business)
300
Name 1 major difference between coercion & extortion
What is: targeted behavior (coercion protects autonomy; extortion protects property); grading (coercion = misdemeanor; extortion = felony); extortion is a RICO predicate, coercion is not
400
This recent supreme court case redefined property under the Hobbs Act in a major way. What is the case name and how did it redefine property?
What is Sekhar v. United States. The Supreme Court now requires that the property in question be "obtainable property."
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What Code's definition of extortion was adopted by the Hobbs Act? Hint: it served as the model 19th-century American criminal code
What is Field's Penal Code
500
The Hobbs Act was enacted to overrule what 1945 Supreme Court case?
What is United States v. Local 807 International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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Name 1 of the qualifications for obtainable property
What is (1) deprivation and acquisition of property; (2) property must be transferable; (3) extortioner must get something of value that he can “exercise, transfer, or sell” himself.