18 U.S.C. § 1860
Bids at land sales
Whoever bargains, contracts, or agrees, or attempts to bargain, contract, or agree with another that such other shall not bid upon or purchase any parcel of lands of the United States offered at public sale; or
Whoever, by intimidation, combination, or unfair management, hinders, prevents, or attempts to hinder or prevent, any person from bidding upon or purchasing any tract of land so offered for sale—
Shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18
cases, 1980–2020 · leading case: United States v. Paul Kent Cassel, 408 F.3d 622 (9th Cir. 2005).
United States v. Paul Kent Cassel, 408 F.3d 622 (9th Cir. 2005). “In November 2000, Cassel was charged in the Eastern District of California with two counts of interfering with a federal land sale under 18 U.S.C. § 1860 and two counts of witness tampering under 18 U.”
People v. Fayed, 460 P.3d 1149 (Cal. 2020). “” On February 26, 2008, five months before Pamela’s murder, defendant and Goldfinger were indicted on federal charges of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business ( 18 U.S.C. § 1860 ). Pamela was not named in the indictment, 3 PEOPLE v.”
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 466 F. Supp. 2d 195 (D.D.C. 2006). “§ 1583 (persuading another to go to another place with intent to make him a slave); 18 U.S.C. § 1860 (verbal intimidation for the purpose, of hindering land purchase).”
United States v. Robert D. Stewart, Jr., AKA Robert Wilson Stewart, Bob Stewart, 420 F.3d 1007 (9th Cir. 2005). “Indeed, in Cassel , we considered 18 U.S.C. § 1860 , which punishes, inter alia, "[wjhoever, by intimidation .”
People v. Stanley, 170 P.3d 782 (Colo. Ct. App. 2007). “2005) (such proof is required under 18 U.S.C. § 1860 , which prohibits intimidating a person not to bid on or buy federal land).”
Bick v. Peat Marwick & Main, 799 P.2d 94 (Kan. Ct. App. 1990). “Evidence of Prior Conviction Defendant contends the trial court committed reversible error in prohibiting evidence of Bick’s prior conviction of aiding and abetting the violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1860 (1984) for impeachment purposes.”
United States v. Castagana, 604 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir. 2010). “2005), where we reached a similar conclusion in the context of the crime of intimidation to hinder or prevent a person from bidding for the sale of federal land, 18 U.S.C. § 1860 . Both of these cases held that the proscription of expressive conduct or speech was a violation of…”
United States v. Marlys Floyd, United States of Am. v. Rebecca Pippert, 458 F.3d 844 (8th Cir. 2006). “2005), wherein the Ninth Circuit upheld the defendant's First Amendment challenge to a statute prohibiting interference with a federal land sale by intimidation, 18 U.S.C. § 1860 . The Cassel court held that Black required the government to prove that the defendant had intended…”
United States v. Kaiyo Maru No. 53, 503 F. Supp. 1075 (D. Alaska 1980). “Subsection (d) of 18 U.S.C. § 1860 provides that any officer authorized to serve process in rem issued by the court shall stay execution of the process upon receipt of a satisfactory bond or other security from any claimant.”
United States v. Cope, 283 F. App'x 384 (6th Cir. 2008). “Unlike § 115(a)(1)(B), Cassel dealt with a statute ( 18 U.S.C. § 1860 ) that does not contain a subjective intent requirement.”
United States v. Mazza-Alaluf, 607 F. Supp. 2d 484 (S.D.N.Y. 2009). “definition of an unlicensed money-transmitting business contained in section 1960 acts as a threshold consideration before evaluating whether a defendant’s activities ran afoul of (1) state law, (2) section 5330’s registration requirements, or (3) otherwise implicated the…”
United States v. Frederick G. Norton, 808 F.2d 908 (1st Cir. 1987). “§ 1512 (tampering with witness, victim, informant) 18 U.S.C. § 1860 (influencing bids at land sales) 18 U.”
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