CAPPS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• United States v. Hathaway, 534 F.2d 386 (1st Cir. 1976)
  …ion which affects commerce “in any way or degree”, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a), and has accordingly been held to reach even those effects which are “merely potential or subtle”. United States v. Augello, 451 F. 2d 1167, 1169-70 (2d Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1070, 92 S.Ct. 1518, 31 L.Ed.2d 802 (1972). See also United States v. Mazzei, supra, 521 F. 2d at 642-43. Indeed, the seventh circuit has gone as far as to require only a “realistic probability that an extortionate transaction will have some effect on…
• United States v. DiGREGORIO, 605 F.2d 1184 (1st Cir. 1979)
  …deplete corporate coffers, if not through direct payment by the corporation then through reimbursement of the corporate officer who was coerced into paying a corporate debt. See United States v. Augello, 451 F. 2d 1167 (2d Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1070, 92 S.Ct. 1518, 31 L.Ed.2d 802 (1972) (threats to the person of owner-operator of small corporate business while demanding “protection” money relating to operation of business affect the corporation). Finally, quite apart from who would have paid t…