No. 19-1412
Amici (2)
Experienced Counsel
Tags: common-law common-law-interpretation contract criminal-statute criminal-statutes false-promises federal-criminal-statutes fraud integration-clause mail-fraud right-to-control wire-fraud
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Latest Conference:
2020-10-30
Question Presented (from Petition)
Can an oral promise excluded from a fully-integrated written contract, which is unenforceable under the common law, be a "false or fraudulent…promise[]" under federal criminal statutes on the theory that it furthered a scheme to obtain the "victim's" intangible "right to control" its assets?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Can an oral promise excluded from a fully-integrated written contract, which is unenforceable under the common law, be a 'false or fraudulent...promise[]' under federal criminal statutes on the theory that it furthered a scheme to obtain the 'victim's' intangible 'right to control' its assets?
Docket Entries
2020-11-02
Petition DENIED. Justice Sotomayor and Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2020-10-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
2020-10-05
Reply of petitioner Mark Johnson filed. (Distributed)
2020-09-23
Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed.
2020-08-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 23, 2020.
2020-08-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 24, 2020 to September 23, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-07-24
Brief amicus curiae of ACI-Financial Markets Association filed.
2020-07-24
Brief amicus curiae of New York Council of Defense Lawyers filed.
2020-07-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 24, 2020.
2020-07-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response from July 24, 2020 to August 24, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-07-15
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Mark Johnson.
2020-06-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 24, 2020)
Attorneys
ACI-Financial Markets Association
Christopher Robert Riano — Drohan Lee LLP, Amicus
Mark Johnson
Alexandra Anastasia Ekaterina Shapiro — Shapiro Arato Bach LLP, Petitioner
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent