Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

New York v. Smith

469 U.S. 1227

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1985-02-19
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • organized crime defendants' use of torture in an effort to coerce payments compelled the court to determine that "an agreement to defer the repayment of a debt may be implied from the debt, even if the debt is wholly fictitious"
  • claimed debt, even if fictitious, is an extension of credit

Citator

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Ct. App. N. Y. Motion of Attorney General of New York for leave to intervene granted. Certiorari denied.

The Chief Justice and Justice White would grant certiorari.