Supreme Court on the case between Joseph Scheidler and the National Organization for Women Inc., which deals with the prosecutions for extortion under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Facts of the case; Objective of RICO; Analysis of the decision.Kelly...
Hobbs Straus attorneys obtained the first Oklahoma federal charter under Section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act in 2006. Achievements Our firm defended a tribal absentee ballot law (denying absentee ballots to non-resident members) against constitutional attack in Jacobson v. Eastern Band of Chero...
has the jurisdiction to prosecute. Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the case U.S. versus Lopez; Violations of the Hobbs Act prior to the Lopez case; Assessment of the interests of the federal government in prosecuting state crimes.FerroGeorgeP.Albany Law Review...