Black v. United States
2010 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black v. United States, 561 U.S. 465 (2010), is a white-collar criminal law case decided by the United States Supreme Court dealing with businessman Conrad Black's fraud trial. Along with two companion cases—Skilling v. United States and Weyhrauch v. United States—it dealt with the honest services provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1346.
Quick Facts Black v. United States, Argued December 8, 2009 Decided June 24, 2010 ...
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Argued December 8, 2009 Decided June 24, 2010 | |
Full case name | Conrad M. Black, John A. Boultbee, and Mark S. Kipnis v. United States |
Docket no. | 08-876 |
Citations | 561 U.S. 465 (more) 130 S. Ct. 2963; 177 L. Ed. 2d 695 |
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Prior | United States v. Black, 530 F.3d 596 (7th Cir. 2008) |
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Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor |
Concurrence | Scalia (in part), joined by Thomas |
Concurrence | Kennedy (in part) |
Laws applied | |
18 U.S.C. § 1346 |
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