526 U.S. 275 (1999) Cited 361 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that kidnaping is a continuing offense because the "conduct constituting the offense" continues throughout the journey and "does not end until the victim is free"
524 U.S. 1 (1998) Cited 289 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that for the offense of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956(B) and 1957, the existence of criminally generated proceeds was a circumstance element of the offense and, therefore, that where the laundered funds were unlawfully generated was irrelevant for venue purposes
Holding that a pharmacy defendant had no duty to disclose differential pricing structures to uninsured consumer plaintiffs who were routinely charged more than insured consumers
Holding that evidence of "mastermind[ing]" a land flip was admissible under Rule 404(b) in a trial for fraudulent land flips in which the defendant played a different role
In Cahaly, several plaintiffs filed an action in Massachusetts Superior Court on January 21, 2001, seeking approximately $9 million in damages resulting from the defendants' failure to return funds to them.
Holding that an instruction permitting the jury to convict on the basis of marijuana transactions, when indictment alleged only cocaine and methamphetamine transactions, was an impermissible constructive amendment of the indictment
18 U.S.C. § 1956 Cited 9,360 times 142 Legal Analyses
Defining “specified unlawful activity” to include, inter alia, controlled substance violations, murder, bribery, smuggling, various forms of fraud, concealment of assets, various environmental offenses, and health care offenses
Providing that “ qualified intermediary is a person who—... (B) Enters into a written agreement with the taxpayer (the ‘exchange agreement’) and, as required by the exchange agreement, acquires the relinquished property from the taxpayer, transfers the relinquished property, acquires the replacement property, and transfers the replacement property to the taxpayer.”