UncleBuck
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Sekhar v. United States
Docket Np. BelowArgumentOpinionVoteAuthorTerm
12-3572d Cir.Apr 23, 2013Jun 26, 20139-0ScaliaOT 2012
Holding: Attempting to compel a person to recommend that his employer approve an investment does not constitute “the obtaining of property from another” under the Hobbs Act.
Judgment: Reversed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Scalia on June 26, 2013. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Kennedy and Justice Sotomayor joined.
care to explain how that was a thwarting of federal power?
remember how devastated obama was by that decision?
has the government stopped prosecuting extortion and coercion?
Docket Np. BelowArgumentOpinionVoteAuthorTerm
12-3572d Cir.Apr 23, 2013Jun 26, 20139-0ScaliaOT 2012
Holding: Attempting to compel a person to recommend that his employer approve an investment does not constitute “the obtaining of property from another” under the Hobbs Act.
Judgment: Reversed, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Scalia on June 26, 2013. Justice Alito filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Kennedy and Justice Sotomayor joined.
care to explain how that was a thwarting of federal power?
remember how devastated obama was by that decision?
has the government stopped prosecuting extortion and coercion?