No. 21-1161
Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi v. United States
Tags: 18-usc-1341 18-usc-1343 18-usc-1346 deception economic-information government-advocacy government-agency honest-services-fraud mail-fraud money-or-property-fraud statutory-interpretation wire-fraud
Latest Conference:
2023-05-18
(distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether paying an influential private citizen to advocate one's position before a government agency can constitute honest services fraud under 18 U.S.C. §1346.
2. Whether deception that deprives a person of "potentially valuable economic information," without more, can constitute "money or property" fraud under the federal mail and wire fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. §1341 and §1343.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether paying an influential private citizen to advocate one's position before a government agency can constitute honest services fraud under 18 U.S.C. §1346
Docket Entries
2023-06-23
Judgment issued.
2023-05-22
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Percoco v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023) and Ciminelli v. United States, 598 U. S. ___ (2023).
2023-05-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/18/2023.
2022-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
2022-06-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/23/2022.
2022-06-03
Reply of petitioners Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi filed. (Distributed)
2022-04-07
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 24, 2022.
2022-04-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 25, 2022 to May 24, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-25
Brief amici curiae of Criminal Law Scholars filed.
2022-03-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including April 25, 2022.
2022-03-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 25, 2022 to April 25, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 25, 2022)
2022-01-07
Application (21A298) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until March 1, 2022.
Attorneys
Criminal Law Scholars
Michael Dallas Lieberman — Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Amicus
New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi
Alexandra Anastasia Ekaterina Shapiro — Shapiro Arato Bach LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Solicitor General, Respondent