Read US v. JIMENEZ, 00-50323

A one-room office in a private residential home may provide federal jurisdiction for purposes of federal arson statutes, even if defendants were unaware that any business activity took place within the home.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2001
• Published 06/29/2001

Judges

• ELLISON, District Judge:, Before EMILIO M. GARZA and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and ELLISON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John Aloysius Convery (argued), Hasdorff & Convery, San Antonio, TX, for Edward Jimenez., Alexander Alan Brown, III (argued), Law Offices of Brown & Norton, San Antonio, TX, for Paul Santivanez.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Michael Robert Hardy (argued), San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.