No. 24A737

Frank Bell, Tyson Rhame, and James Shaw v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2025-01-27
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-statute intent-to-defraud jury-instruction mail-fraud property-rights wire-fraud
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a misrepresentation that is designed to induce a transaction in property, but that does not concern the price or fundamental characteristics of the property, can give rise to a violation of the federal mail-fraud and wire-fraud statutes.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a misrepresentation about a transaction that does not directly impact the fundamental characteristics or price of the property can constitute mail fraud or wire fraud under federal criminal statutes

Docket Entries

2025-01-27
Application (24A737) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until March 8, 2025.
2025-01-23
Application (24A737) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 6, 2025 to April 7, 2025, submitted to Justice Thomas.

Attorneys

Frank Bell, et al.
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Petitioner
United States
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent