Gooch v. United States

Gooch v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 3, 1936
Full case name	Gooch v. United States
Citations	297 U.S. 124 (more)
Holding
Holding a police officer hostage while crossing state lines is within the scope of federal ransom and kidnapping statutes.
Court membership
Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes Associate Justices Willis Van Devanter · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · George Sutherland Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo
Case opinion
Majority	McReynolds, joined by unanimous

Gooch v. United States, 297 U.S. 124 (1936), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that holding a police officer hostage while crossing state lines is within the scope of federal ransom and kidnapping statutes.^[1][2]

References

1. Gooch v. United States, 297 U.S. 124 (1936).
2. Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "National Police Power". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 313.

External links

• Text of Gooch v. United States, 297 U.S. 124 (1936) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia