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Loughrin v. United States

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Loughrin v. United States
Decided June 23, 2014
Full case nameLoughrin v. United States
Citations573 U.S. 351 (more)
Holding
A conviction of the crime of knowingly executing a scheme to obtain property owned by, or under the custody of, a bank "by means of false or fraudulent pretenses," does not require the government to prove that a defendant intended to defraud a financial institution.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityKagan, joined by unanimous
Concur/dissentScalia, joined by Thomas
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. § 1344

Loughrin v. United States, 573 U.S. 351 (2014), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a conviction of the crime of knowingly executing a scheme to obtain property owned by, or under the custody of, a bank "by means of false or fraudulent pretenses," does not require the government to prove that a defendant intended to defraud a financial institution.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Loughrin v. United States, 573 U.S. 351 (2014).
  2. ^ "Opinion analysis: Court clarifies reach of federal bank fraud while leaving some questions for future". SCOTUSblog. 2014-06-23. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
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