Interference with commerce by threats or violence
United States Code
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- 2026United States v. Jaimon Hannah 4th Cir.
- 2026United States v. Thomas Hawkins 7th Cir.
- 2026United States v. Tyree Belk 4th Cir.
- 2026United States v. Williams 5th Cir.
- 2026Welsh v. Loudbear 9th Cir.
- 2026United States v. Joyner D.D.C.
- 2026United States v. John Battle 4th Cir.
- 2026Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings D/B/A Laboratory Corporation of America v. the State of Texas and Npt Associates Tex.
- 2026United States v. Bailey 10th Cir.
- 2026United States v. Shane Seizys 8th Cir.
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Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherance of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. The term “robbery” means the unlawful taking or obtaining of personal property from the person or in the presence of another, against his will, by means of actual or threatened force, or violence, or fear of injury, immediate or future, to his person or property, or property in his custody or possession, or the person or property of a relative or member of his family or of anyone in his company at the time of the taking or obtaining. The term “extortion” means the obtaining of property from another, with his consent, induced by wrongful use of actual or threatened force, violence, or fear, or under color of official right. The term “commerce” means commerce within the District of Columbia, or any Territory or Possession of the United States; all commerce between any point in a State, Territory, Possession, or the District of Columbia and any point outside thereof; all commerce between points within the same State through any place outside such State; and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction. This section shall not be construed to repeal, modify or affect section 17 of Title 15, sections 52, 101–115, 151–166 of Title 29 or sections 151–188 of Title 45. As used in this section— (Source: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 793; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.))