Hobbs Act of 1946 |
| Enacted by | the 79th United States Congress |
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| Acts amended | Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934 |
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- United States v. Green, 350 U.S. 415 (1956)
- Stirone v. United States, 361 U.S. 212 (1960)
- Callanan v. United States, 364 U.S. 587 (1961)
- United States v. Enmons, 410 U.S. 396 (1973)
- United States v. Culbert, 435 U.S. 371 (1978)
- United States v. Gillock, 445 U.S. 360 (1980)
- McCormick v. United States, 500 U.S. 257 (1991)
- Evans v. United States, 504 U.S. 255 (1992)
- Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, 537 U.S. 393 (2003)
- Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, 547 U.S. 9 (2006)
- Wilkie v. Robbins, 551 U.S. 537 (2007)
- Sekhar v. United States, 570 U.S. 729 (2013)
- Ocasio v. United States, No. 14-361, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
- Taylor v. United States, No. 14-6166, 579 U.S. ___ (2016)
- McDonnell v. United States, No. 15-474, 579 U.S. ___ (2016)
- United States v. Davis, No. 18-431, 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
- United States v. Taylor, No. 20-1459, 596 U.S. ___ (2022)
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The Hobbs Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1951, is a United States federal law enacted in 1946 that prohibits actual or attempted robbery or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce, as well as conspiracies to do so. The Act is named for United States Representative Sam Hobbs (D-AL).
The statute, despite being conceived and enacted as an anti-racketeering measure in disputes between labor and management, is frequently used in connection with cases involving public corruption, commercial disputes, and corruption directed at members of labor unions.
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