Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 3, 1967, 15728_1 (United States v. Rocco Pranno and Wayne Seidler)

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

Defendants were convicted under the Hobbs Act,

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providing for the punishment of anyone who “in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by * * * extortion or * * * conspires so to do”.