Question Presented (from Petition)
Can responses to fundamentally ambiguous questions - or literally truthful answers to unambiguous questions - constitute "false declarations" before a federal grand jury under 18 U.S.C. § 1623, on the basis that (a) forbidden imprecision in questioning is limited to "glaring instances of vagueness or doublespeak ... that ... would mislead or confuse a witness"; or that (b) the grand jury witnesses should have understood from the "thrust" of the line of questions that the prosecutors meant something other than what they actually asked?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Responses to fundamentally ambiguous questions or literally truthful answers to unambiguous questions can constitute false declarations before a federal grand jury under 18 U.S.C. § 1623
2019-11-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/6/2019.
2019-11-11
Reply of petitioners Michael Lowry, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2019-10-25
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2019-09-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including October 25, 2019.
2019-09-19
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 25, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 25, 2019.
2019-08-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 26, 2019 to September 25, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 26, 2019.
2019-07-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 26, 2019 to August 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-06-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 26, 2019)
2019-05-13
Application (18A1048) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until June 17, 2019.
2019-05-09
Application (18A1048) to extend further the time from May 18, 2019 to June 17, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.
2019-04-11
Application (18A1048) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until May 18, 2019.
2019-04-08
Application (18A1048) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from April 18, 2019 to June 3, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.