# Compagna v. United States, 324 U.S. 867 (1945): certiorari denied

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/courtlistener-compagna-v-us-324-us-867/

The Supreme Court's order of 2 April 1945 denying the petitions for certiorari in the motion-picture extortion case. "Reported below: 146 F. 2d 524."

Supreme Court of the United States, 2 April 1945, Nos. 935, 942 and 946. The order reads in full: "Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied." It adds, "Reported below: 146 F. 2d 524."

The attorney listing shows William Scott Stewart for the petitioners in No. 935, "Francis Maritote, pro se," and J. Bertram Wegman and Harold Simandl for the petitioner in No. 946, who were Louis Kaufman's counsel in the Second Circuit. For the United States: Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg.

The order gives no reasons. With it the convictions affirmed in [United States v. Compagna](/items/courtlistener-us-v-compagna-146-f2d-524/) became final.

## Sources

- CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the order: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8198865/compagna-v-united-states/