United States Sixth Circuit
US v. Brock, 05-6621, 05-6622, 05-6623, 05-6645
The payor of a bribe to a state official may not conspire with that official to extort property from himself in violation of the Hobbs Act.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/31/2007
- Decided 09/06/2007
- Published 09/06/2007
Judges
- Before: GILMAN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; TARNOW, District Judge.
Court
- United States Sixth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- ARGUED: John P. Konvalinka, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Martin J. Levitt, Levitt & Levitt, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Fielding H. Atchley, Jr., Dietzen & Atchley, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellants. Gary Humble, Assistant United States Attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John P. Konvalinka, Matthew D. Brownfield, Grant, Konvalinka & Harrison, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Martin J. Levitt, Levitt & Levitt, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Fielding H. Atchley, Jr., Dietzen & Atchley, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellants. Gary Humble, Assistant United States Attorney, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for Appellee.