Hobbs Act

Hobbs Act of 1946
Long title	An Act to amend the Act entitled “An Act to protect trade and commerce against interference by violence, threats, coercion, or intimidation”, approved June 18, 1934
Enacted by	the 79th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 79–486
Statutes at Large	60 Stat. 420
Codification
Acts amended	Anti-Racketeering Act of 1934
Titles amended	18
U.S.C. sections amended	18 U.S.C. § 1951
United States Supreme Court cases
	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);

The Hobbs Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 1951, is a United States federal law enacted in 1946 that makes it a crime to commit, attempt to commit, or conspire to commit robbery, attempted robbery, or extortion that affects interstate or foreign commerce. 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.