18 U.S.C. § 291
Purchase of claims for fees by court officials
Whoever, being a judge, clerk, or deputy clerk of any court of the United States or a Territory or Possession thereof, or a United States district attorney, assistant attorney, marshal, deputy marshal, magistrate judge, or other person holding any office or employment, or position of trust or profit under the United States, directly or indirectly purchases at less than the full face value thereof, any claim against the United States for the fee, mileage, or expenses of any witness, juror, deputy marshal, or any other officer of such court, shall be fined under this title.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1955–2020 · leading case: United States v. Articles of Hazardous Substance
United States v. Articles of Hazardous Substance (1978)
“§ 924 (illegal firearms as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 291 ); 18 U.S.C. § 3615 (illegal liquor, containers, and vehicles and vessels used in transporting it); 16 U.”
In re Biaggi (1989)
“By order entered September 15, 1988, this court temporarily suspended respondent from the practice of law pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (f) as a result of his November 5, 1987 convictions in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York of, inter…”
Suarez v. Wilkinson (1955)
“” The original Juvenile Delinquency Act of 1938, 18 U.S.C. § 291 et seq., was incorporated in the 1948 codification, 18 U.”
Hall v. Wetzel (2020)
“) Plaintiff alleges that Prosecutor McConville engaged in conspiracy in violation of 18 USC §§ 291 , 242, that he pretended to be a police officer and falsified police reports, that he concealed body camera video footage, and that he dismissed one of Plaintiff’s witnesses in the…”
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