Evans v. United States, , was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The court held that, to prove that a public official has committed extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act by accepting a payment, the government is not required to show that the official took an "affirmative act" to induce the payment.Mark McDaniel & Carole Coil Medley, Commentary on Criminal Law Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1 Jones L. Rev. 151 (1997).
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