Jackson v. Virginia

Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"

Chiarella v. United States

Holding that duty to disclose under Rule 10b-5 arises from fiduciary relationship

Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc.

Holding that liability for extortion under RICO, which prohibits an "act or threat involving ... extortion ... which is chargeable under State law," did not depend on conduct that violated a state statute expressly prohibiting "extortion," but, instead, need only violate a statute "capable of being generically classified as extortionate."

Morissette v. United States

Holding that it is a defense to a charge of "knowingly converting" federal property that one did not know that what one was doing was a conversion

Pinkerton v. United States

Holding one conspirator may be found guilty of foreseeable substantive offenses committed by his coconspirators in furtherance of the conspiracy

U.S. v. Autuori

Holding that a jury verdict must be upheld if a rational trier of fact "could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt"

U.S. v. Hughes

Finding no prejudice where there were "eleven alleged conspirators, six named in the indictment along with five unindicted conspirators" and noting: "In this case, six people were tried together, three of whom were part of the [relevant] conspiracy. This is not a case where the sheer number of co-defendants resulted in a likelihood of juror confusion or guilt transference."

U.S. v. Frost

Holding that "§ 1346 has restored the mail fraud statute to its pre- McNally scope, according to previous opinions interpreting the intangible right to honest services" and looking to "Sixth Circuit precedent issued before McNally in order to discover the precise contours of the right in this circuit"

United States v. Cunningham

Finding that defendants made material misrepresentations by concealing evidence of theft

U.S. v. Budd

Holding that the defendant waived objection to a jury instruction when, after initially objecting, he later stated, "I'm getting more comfortable with it"

Section 2255 - Federal custody; remedies on motion attacking sentence

Adopting one-year limitations period for §2255 motions

Section 1951 - Interference with commerce by threats or violence

Defining extortion in ACCA as “the obtaining of something of value from another, with his consent, induced by the wrongful use or threatened use of force against the person or property of another ”

Section 641 - Public money, property or records

Requiring knowledge

Section 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information

Referring to § 793 "for the purpose aforesaid"

Section 105 - Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works