Opinion

O'Reilly v. Board of Medical Examiners

  • 390 U.S. 944
  • 88 S. Ct. 1019
  • 19 L. Ed. 2d 1132
  • 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2328
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
Mar 4, 1968
Status
Published
Cited by
33 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.3%

politicians’ threat to withhold building permit unless $20,000 paid

How later courts described this case

  • politicians’ threat to withhold building permit unless $20,000 paid
  • extortion by threat which, if carried out, would obstruct commerce
  • city officials extracting kickbacks for building permits

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

This record has no opinion text. It is a disposition such as a denial of certiorari, kept so the case can be found by name and citation.

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