Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "United States v. Wurzbach, 280 U.S. 396 (1930), is a unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the term \"political purpose,\" as used in the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, was not impermissibly vague. The Supreme Court reversed the district court, which had quashed an indictment under the Act.Harry M. Wurzbach, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, was indicted under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act on the ground that he had received money from employees of the United States government. The District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas had thrown out the indictment on two grounds: 1) That the term \"political purpose\" did not include the behavior in question; and 2) If the term did include the behavior, then the Act was unconstitutional."@en }
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- United_States_v._Wurzbach abstract "United States v. Wurzbach, 280 U.S. 396 (1930), is a unanimous ruling by the United States Supreme Court which held that the term \"political purpose,\" as used in the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, was not impermissibly vague. The Supreme Court reversed the district court, which had quashed an indictment under the Act.Harry M. Wurzbach, a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, was indicted under the Federal Corrupt Practices Act on the ground that he had received money from employees of the United States government. The District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas had thrown out the indictment on two grounds: 1) That the term \"political purpose\" did not include the behavior in question; and 2) If the term did include the behavior, then the Act was unconstitutional.".