right-to-control

11 cases — ← All topics

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5576 Nadege Auguste v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split criminal-procedure federal-statute money-or-property right-to-control wire-fraud I. Do employment and its employee benefits constitute the "money or property" of the employer for the purpose of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.…
24A712 Steven Aiello, et al. v. United States Second Circuit 2025-01-21 Denied criminal-prosecution federal-fraud-statute honest-services-fraud right-to-control second-circuit wire-fraud Question not identified.
21-1241 Michael L. Binday v. United States Second Circuit 2022-03-15 GVR Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) circuit-split due-process economic-decision fraud mail-fraud property-fraud property-rights right-to-control wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's "right to control" theory of fraud — which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on one's e…
21-1169 Alain Kaloyeros v. United States Second Circuit 2022-02-24 GVR Relisted (3) circuit-split mail-fraud mcnally-doctrine property property-fraud right-to-control scotus statutory-interpretation wire-fraud Is the deprivation of accurate information regarding a transaction, without more, "property" under the wire fraud statute (18 U.S.C. § 1348), as the S…
21-1170 Louis Ciminelli v. United States, et al. Second Circuit 2022-02-24 Judgment Issued Amici (5)Relisted (2) circuit-split criminal-procedure economic-decision federal-statute fraud-statutes property-fraud right-to-control second-circuit wire-fraud Whether the Second Circuit's "right to control" theory of fraud—which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person'…
20-1414 Uber Technologies, Inc., et al. v. Ali Razak, et al. Third Circuit 2021-04-08 Denied Response Waived circuit-split economic-reality employee-classification fair-labor-standards-act independent-contractor question-of-law right-to-control summary-judgment third-circuit This Court has long held that whether a worker is an employee for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") turns on the "economic reality" of…
19-1412 Mark Johnson v. United States Second Circuit 2020-06-24 Denied Amici (2) 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 Can an oral promise excluded from a fully-integrated written contract, which is unenforceable under the common law, be a "false or fraudulent…promise[…
19-782 Vahan Kelerchian v. United States Seventh Circuit 2019-12-18 Denied carpenter criminal-prosecution mail-fraud mcnally property regulatory-authority right-to-control statutory-interpretation wire-fraud 1. Does the "right to control" constitute "property" for purposes of wire and mail fraud in light of this Court's holding in McNally, Carpenter, Cleve…
19-5805 Mahmoud Aldissi, et ux. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-04 Denied Amici (1)IFP civil-rights criminal-intent due-process federal-contracts fraud free-speech mail-fraud property-interest property-rights restitution-calculation right-to-control wire-fraud 1. Is a mail or wire fraud conviction based on a sufficient property interest when a victim receives the full financial benefit of its bargain but, th…
19-273 Michael Binday v. United States Second Circuit 2019-08-30 Denied constitutional-vagueness ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel mail-fraud property-rights right-to-control vagueness wire-fraud In mail and wire fraud cases, the government does not have to prove a victim actually lost money or property, but it does have to prove a scheme desig…
18A1302 Mahmoud Aldissi, et ux. v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-06-13 Presumed Complete circuit-split criminal-law government-funding loss-calculation right-to-control wire-fraud Question not identified.