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

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 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? ii