"act" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Some commentators have argued that the Hobbs Act should not be interpreted to reach public corruption at all.
- Mike Thompson is also under indictment for alleged violations of the Hobbs Act.
- The jury found that the anti-abortion groups had committed at least 21 violations of the Hobbs Act in their clinic protests.
- Although it was invoked in a civil context, the Hobbs Act is an important criminal law, carrying a 20-year prison sentence.
- Gori said authorities were looking into violations of Federal law under the Hobbs Act.
- He pleaded guilty to violating the Hobbs Act and was sentenced to eighteen months in prison.
- Their intended purpose was to amend the Hobbs Act and make violence committed in pursuit of labor union goals a federal crime.
- In 1970, the federal government attempted to expand the Hobbs Act to be used against violence as well.
- Courts have agreed that there must be a threat or inducement for a private citizen to violate the Hobbs Act.
- The Hobbs Act also reaches extortionate acts by public officials acting under the color of right.
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