literal-truth
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-1581 | Michael Lowry, Robert Mulgrew, and Thomasine Tynes v. United States | Third Circuit | 2019-06-26 | Denied | 18-usc-1623 ambiguous-questioning ambiguous-questions bronston-rule bronston-v-united-states false-declaration false-statements grand-jury grand-jury-testimony literal-truth perjury perjury-statute prosecutorial-questioning statutory-interpretation | Can responses to fundamentally ambiguous questions - or literally truthful answers to unambiguous questions - constitute "false declarations" before a… | |
| 18-597 | John Ching En Lee v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2018-11-06 | Denied | agency-decision ambiguous-question false-statement false-statement-defense literal-truth materiality mens-rea real-world-context statutory-interpretation | 1. When determining whether an alleged false statement has a literal truth defense, may a court isolate the ambiguous question or view it in the total… |