Shaw v. United States | |
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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.[1]