2016 United States Supreme Court case
| Shaw v. United States | |
|---|---|
 Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Argued October 4, 2016 Decided December 12, 2016 | |
| Full case name | Lawrence Eugene Shaw, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docket no. | 15–5991 |
| Citations | 580 U.S. ___ (more)137 S. Ct. 462; 196 L. Ed. 2d 372 |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Shaw, 781 F.3d 1130 (9th Cir. 2015) |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| 18 U.S.C. § 1344 | |
Shaw v. United States, 580 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case that clarified the application of the federal bank fraud statute to cases where a defendant intends to only defraud a customer of the bank, rather than the bank itself.
Background
Lawrence Shaw received the information from a bank account at Bank of America that belonged to a customer, Stanley Hsu. Shaw used that information to take money from Hsu but did not directly steal from the bank. Shaw was convicted under a federal statute criminalizing fraud against banks and appealed, arguing his target was its customer.
Decision
In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Stephen Breyer, the Court held that a scheme to defraud customers also deprives the bank of money in which the bank held a "property right", and criminal defendants may therefore be convicted under the federal statute for schemes to defraud bank customers. However, the Supreme Court remanded the case to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to determine whether the trial court administered an erroneous jury instruction.
See also
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
- Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
- List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Roberts Court
References
- Shaw v. United States, No. 15–5991, 580 U.S. ___ (2016), slip. op. at 1.
- Shaw, slip. op. at 1-3.
- Shaw, slip. op. at 8-9.
External links
- Text of Shaw v. United States, 580 U.S. ___ (2016) is available from: Justia Oyez (oral argument audio) Supreme Court (slip opinion)