60 Cited authorities

  1. Dodd v. United States

    545 U.S. 353 (2005)   Cited 1,374 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that limitations periods under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act begin on the date the right is recognized, not on the date it is made retroactively applicable
  2. Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain

    542 U.S. 692 (2004)   Cited 1,163 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that no "private cause of action" had been Congressionally authorized, and thus, plaintiff was "not entitled to a remedy"
  3. Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc.

    137 S. Ct. 1718 (2017)   Cited 513 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "individuals and entities who regularly purchase debts originated by someone else and then seek to collect those debts for their own account" are not debt collectors under the FDCPA even if the purchased debt was already in default
  4. Rodriguez v. United States

    480 U.S. 522 (1987)   Cited 401 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Finding no irreconcilable conflict between a minimum sentence and the "suspension authority" of § 3651
  5. Bell v. United States

    462 U.S. 356 (1983)   Cited 383 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Federal Bank Robbery Act, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 2113, was "not limited to common-law larceny," and rejecting possibility that "Congress wished to limit the scope of the amended Act's coverage, and thus limit its remedial purpose, on the basis of an arcane and artificial distinction more suited to the social conditions of 18th century England than the needs of 20th century America"
  6. People v. Jennings

    69 N.Y.2d 103 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 763 times
    In Jennings, the president of the insured (Sentry) received a check from Sentry's insurer to cover payments owed to the Sentry's clients as a result of losses incurred when the Sentry's warehouse was robbed.
  7. Dowling v. United States

    473 U.S. 207 (1985)   Cited 239 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "a non-disclosure can only serve as a basis for a fraudulent scheme when there exists an independent duty that has been breached by the person so charged," such as a fiduciary or statutory duty
  8. People v. Concepcion

    2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 5110 (N.Y. 2011)   Cited 224 times
    Noting that New York Criminal Procedure Law Section 470.15 bars the Appellate Division "from affirming a judgment, sentence or order on a ground not decided adversely to the appellant by the trial court"
  9. Thyroff v. Nationwide

    2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 2442 (N.Y. 2007)   Cited 190 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that computer files could be the subject of a conversion claim, where plaintiff was entirely denied use of those files
  10. Kremen v. Cohen

    337 F.3d 1024 (9th Cir. 2003)   Cited 192 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that California law permits an action for conversion of an internet domain name
  11. Section 101 - Definitions

    17 U.S.C. § 101   Cited 6,315 times   174 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the United States' adherence to provisions of the Berne Convention of 1886
  12. Section 1030 - Fraud and related activity in connection with computers

    18 U.S.C. § 1030   Cited 3,216 times   408 Legal Analyses
    Holding cellular phones are protected
  13. Section 2314 - Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting

    18 U.S.C. § 2314   Cited 3,062 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Criminalizing the transportation, transmission, or transfer of goods "in interstate or foreign commerce"
  14. Section 1831 - Economic espionage

    18 U.S.C. § 1831   Cited 315 times   85 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable for economic espionage "[w]hoever, intending or knowing that the offense will benefit any foreign government ... knowingly ... without authorization appropriates, takes, carries away, or conceals" trade secrets
  15. Section 53a-119 - Larceny defined

    Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-119   Cited 100 times
    Defining embezzlement as occurring when one "wrongfully appropriates to himself or to another property of another in his care or custody"