United States v. Rodriguez-Moreno
526 U.S. 275 (1999) Cited 361 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Federal Election Commission v. Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
454 U.S. 27 (1981) Cited 513 timesHolding that the FEC is "precisely the type of agency to which deference should presumptively be afforded"
United States v. Cabrales
524 U.S. 1 (1998) Cited 289 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
U.S. v. Miranda
425 F.3d 953 (11th Cir. 2005) Cited 107 timesHolding that, "where large quantities of drugs are present a prudent smuggler is not likely to suffer the presence of unaffiliated bystanders"
Langford v. Rite Aid of Alabama, Inc.
231 F.3d 1308 (11th Cir. 2000) Cited 104 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that a pharmacy defendant had no duty to disclose differential pricing structures to uninsured consumer plaintiffs who were routinely charged more than insured consumers
U.S. v. Ramirez
420 F.3d 134 (2d Cir. 2005) Cited 85 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the essential conduct element of mail fraud “encompasses the overt act of putting a letter into the postoffice”
U.S. v. Cassiere
4 F.3d 1006 (1st Cir. 1993) Cited 85 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
U.S. v. Yefsky
994 F.2d 885 (1st Cir. 1993) Cited 80 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that "tax fraud and mail fraud counts could be joined because some of the unreported income was the fruit of the mail fraud scheme"
Cahaly v. Benistar Property Exchange Trust Co., Inc.
268 Conn. 264 (Conn. 2004) Cited 51 timesIn 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.
U.S. v. Wozniak
126 F.3d 105 (2d Cir. 1997) Cited 38 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding 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
Section 2 - Principals
18 U.S.C. § 2 Cited 23,953 times 57 Legal AnalysesHolding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law
Section 1956 - Laundering of monetary instruments
18 U.S.C. § 1956 Cited 9,357 times 142 Legal AnalysesDefining “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
Section 1031 - Exchange of real property held for productive use or investment
26 U.S.C. § 1031 Cited 731 times 78 Legal AnalysesProviding for the nonrecognition of gain from exchanges of investment property for other investment property of like kind
Section 1.1031(k)-1 - Treatment of deferred exchanges
26 C.F.R. § 1.1031(k)-1 Cited 38 timesProviding 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.”