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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- 53 opinions
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.