PIGNATELLI

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Agnes, 753 F.2d 293 (3d Cir. 1985)
  …under New York law in. 1946. In 1942, the Second Circuit stated that New York courts would no longer recognize a claim-of-right defense under New York’s extortion statute. See United States v. Pigna-telli, 125 F. 2d 643, 647 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 316 U.S. 680, 62 S.Ct. 1269, 86 L.Ed. 1754 (1942). The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court confirmed that belief in 1952 by expressly approving Pig- [*298] natelli in People v. Fichtner, 281 A.D. 159, 165,118 N.Y.S.2d 392, 398 (1952), aff’d, 305 N.Y…
• United States v. Zappola, 677 F.2d 264 (2d Cir. 1982)
  …F. 2d 316, 321 (2d Cir. 1981). By 1942, it was clear to this court that the New York courts no longer recognized a good-faith claim to the property as a defense to extortion. United States v. Pignatelli, 125 F. 2d 643, 647 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 316 U.S. 680, 62 S.Ct. 1269, 86 L.Ed. 1754 (1942). A few years later, the New York courts expressly approved Pignatelli’s view of New York law. People v. Fichtner, 281 App.Div. 159, 118 N.Y.S.2d 392 (2d Dep’t), aff’d 305 N.Y. 864, 114 N.E. 2d 212 (1952). Nor did…
• Henricksen v. Braicks, 137 F.2d 632 (9th Cir. 1943)
  …of whether or not (f) “takes precedence” over (h),. as the appellees argue in their brief. It is merely that (f) applies, and (h) does not. See also Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Kay Mfg. Corporation, 2 Cir., 122 E.2d 443, certiorari denied, 316 U.S. 680, 62 S.Ct. 1103, 86 L.Ed. 1753; Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., 7 Cir., 134 F. 2d 6; [*637] Woodward Investment Company v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 46 B.T.A. 648, 652. We hold that the court below was corr…