United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's extortion conviction is reversed where the government did not prove that Defendant attempted to "obtain" the alleged victim's property within the meaning of the Hobbs Act, because decreasing a competitor's chance of winning a contract does not amount to obtaining a transferable asset for oneself.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2008
• Decided 03/09/2009
• Published 03/09/2009

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Victor S. Haltom, John R. Duree, Jr., Sacramento, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Benjamin B. Wagner, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.