545 U.S. 353 (2005) Cited 1,375 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
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
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"
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.
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
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"
18 U.S.C. § 1831 Cited 320 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