Pasquantino v. United States

Pasquantino v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 9, 2004 Decided April 26, 2005
Full case name	David B. Pasquantino, Carl J. Pasquantino, and Arthur Hilts, Petitioners v. United States
Docket no.	03-725
Citations	544 U.S. 349 (more)
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	Convictions affirmed, 336 F.3d 321 (4th Cir. 2003) Convictions reversed, 305 F.3d 291 (4th Cir. 2002)
Holding
A plot to defraud a foreign government of tax revenue violates the federal wire fraud statute.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Thomas, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O’Connor, Kennedy
Dissent	Ginsburg, joined by Breyer, Scalia (parts II-III), Souter (parts II-III)
Laws applied
18 U.S. Code § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television

Pasquantino v. United States, 544 U.S. 349 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a plot to defraud a foreign government of tax revenue violates the federal wire fraud statute.