1. Whether the First Circuit erroneously held, in conflict with multiple decisions of
this Court, that the government may sustain a Hobbs Act extortion charge based on evidence that
the defendant "obtained" property for the benefit of a third party?

2. Whether the First Circuit erroneously held, without support in decisions of any
other circuit, that transfer of intangible rights among in-state owners of a small business satisfies
the "interstate commerce" nexus of a Hobbs Act extortion charge?

Whether the government may sustain a Hobbs Act extortion charge based on evidence that the defendant 'obtained' property for the benefit of a third party