...(Section numbers refer to US Code) § 1951. Interference with commerce by threats or violence. (a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or...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...

...jeopardy by means, of a dangerous weapon. 18 IT.SC 1951, the so-called Hobbs Act, prohibits, inter alia, whoever, in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or...movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or attempts or conspires to do so, or commits or threatens physical violence to any person...

...during the commission of a civil disorder which in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or adversely affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or performance of any federally protected function — "Shall be fined not more than...

...(18 USC 1951) now reads in Section 1951 : "Interference with commerce by threats or violence. "(a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays or...movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempts or conspires to do so, or commits or threatens physical violence to...

...Judiciary that the purpose of the bill was "to prevent anyone from obstructing, delaying, or affecting commerce, or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by robbery or extortion as defined in the bill." "Congress intended to make criminal all conduct within...

...during the commission of a civil disorder which in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or adversely affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or performance of any federally protected function — Shall be fined not more than...

...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...threatens physical violence to any person or property in furtherence of a plan or purpose to do anything in violation of this section shall be fined ......

...Judiciary that the purpose of the bill was "to prevent anyone from obstructing, delaying, or affecting commerce, or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce by robbery or extortion as defined in the bill." Justice Marshall went on to state that in construing...

...completely eliminate the exemption on which the decision was based. The Hobbs Act reads as follows: Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or...movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or extortion or attempt« or conspires so to do, or commits or threatens physical violence...

...completely eliminate the exemption on which the decision was based. The Hobbs Act reads as follows: "Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or...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...