corrupt-intent
5 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-5480 | Robert James McCabe v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2024-09-06 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | bribery-statute campaign-contributions corrupt-intent nexus-requirement official-act statutory-interpretation | Whether the federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. § 201(b), through its use of the term "in return for" requires some nexus or correlation between the un… |
| 23-1149 | Stephen M. Calk, aka Sealed Defendant 1 v. United States | Second Circuit | 2024-04-23 | Denied | bank-bribery commercial-value corrupt-intent criminal-intent due-process felony felony-statute statutory-interpretation thing-of-value | 1. Whether something with no commercial or objective value can constitute a "thing of value" that "exceed[s] $1,000," the receipt of which is punishab… | |
| 19-1000 | Heon-Cheol Chi v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-02-10 | Denied | bribery corrupt-intent criminal-intent foreign-bribery intent-to-influence mcdonnell-v-united-states money-laundering official-act public-official statutory-interpretation | 1. Whether "an offense against a foreign nation involving . . . bribery of a public official" under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7)(B) requires generic bribery… | |
| 19-5344 | Felix Adriano Chujoy, aka Felix Chujoy Alvarado v. United States | Fourth Circuit | 2019-07-25 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | corrupt-intent criminal-procedure false-testimony grand-jury human-trafficking immigration-violations intent plea-bargain plea-bargaining statutory-interpretation witness-tampering witness-tampering-18-usc-1512(b)(1) | Whether the evidence was sufficient to convict the Petitioner for witness tampering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(1) and two interrelated charge… |
| 18-6117 | Josette Buendia v. United States | Sixth Circuit | 2018-09-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | arthur-anderson bribery-statute circuit-split corrupt-intent criminal-intent federal-bribery-statute judicial-precedent school-vendor sixth-circuit statutory-interpretation united-states-v-rooney | In Arthur Anderson LLP v. United States, this Court held that only people with immoral, depraved, wrongful, or evil motive, only people conscious of t… |