Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Frost, No. 95-6011 (6th Cir.) (125 F.3d 346) (September 12, 1997) (Judge Cornelia G. Kennedy) by Case examines in depth requirements for mail fraud convictions and schemes to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.

U.S. v. Brumley, No. 94-40560 (5th Cir.) (116 F.3d 728) (June 18, 1997) (Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham) by Early last year the Seventh Circuit issued one of the most devastating critiques we have ever read about the manner in which Congress passes some legislation. In U.S. v. Brumley, 79 F.3d …

U.S. v. Gray, No. 95-50533 (5th Cir.) (96 F.3d 769) (September 18, 1996) (Judge Stanwood R. Jr. Duval) by Here's one of those telling cases that shows the continuing erosion of the Tenth Amendment through the expansion of Federal crimes into ever new arenas. The defendants in this case, basketball …

U.S. v. Brown, No. 93-4063 (11th Cir.) (79 F.3d 1550) (April 16, 1996) (Judge James Larry Edmondson) by Here the Court held that reasonable jurors could not find that a person of ordinary prudence, about to purchase a home, would rely on the developers own representations about the value of …