No. 19-1127

Wheeler K. Neff v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-13
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: business-ownership civil-lawsuit mail-fraud money-or-property rico-conspiracy settlement-negotiations tribal-sovereign-immunity unlawful-debt wire-fraud
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri ClassAction
Latest Conference: 2020-06-11 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a misrepresentation about the true identity of the owner of a business during settlement negotiations constitute mail/wire fraud?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED The questions presented are: 1. Does a misrepresentation about the true identity of the owner of a business during settlement negotiations to resolve a civil lawsuit constitute a scheme to defraud the litigant of money or property in violation of the mail and wire fraud statutes? 2. Is the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity wholly inapplicable in a circumstance where payday loans are made by a Native American tribe in affiliation with an entity acting as an “arm of the tribe” where such loans are made at interest rates in excess of state regulations, thus rendering the loans ipso facto unlawful debts in violation of the RICO statute? 3. Does the government have to prove willfulness to establish a RICO conspiracy to collect an unlawful debt?

Docket Entries

2020-06-15
Rehearing DENIED.
2020-05-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/11/2020.
2020-05-15
2020-04-20
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2020.
2020-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 13, 2020)
2020-01-10
Application (19A780) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until April 1, 2020.
2020-01-07
Application (19A780) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 3, 2020 to April 1, 2020, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Wheeler Neff
Adam Byron CoganLaw Offices of Adam B. Cogan, Petitioner
Adam Byron CoganLaw Offices of Adam B. Cogan, Petitioner