Labels:book | reckoner | tree | windowpane OCR: These alleged acts do not constitute federal criminal cxtortion The missing elements allegation of "obtaining' Violation the Hobbs Act requircs "the obtaining of property from another U.S I951(b)(2) (emphasis added) Petitioners have alleged "obtain- ing" in this case Plain of The plain meaning "obtaining from" includes more than merely making someonc "give up something the latter all that petitioners have alleged fundamental rule of interpretation begin with the text of the statute. United States Turkette 576, 580 (1981). Words aro to be given their ordinary mcaning. Russello United States 464 U.S 1983) The Oxford English Dictionary. vol. 669-70 pa 1989 traces the development of the uSes "obtain through the history of the English language. principal sense 15 coine into the possession 10 en ...
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