U.S. v. Sun-Diamond Growers of Calif., No. 98-131 (U.S. Supreme Court) (526 U.S. 398; 119 S.Ct. 1402) (April 27, 1999) (Justice Scalia)
Here the Court held that an illegal gratuity under the Federal Anti-Gratuity Statute (18 USC ยง 201(c)(1)(A)) could not be proved by merely demonstrating that a thing of value "was given because of the recipient's official position." (Id., at 414). Rather, the Government must establish a link between the gratuity ...
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