common-law-fraud

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
21-5128 Paul R. Hansmeier v. United States Eighth Circuit 2021-07-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP circuit-split common-law-fraud criminal-law mail-fraud materiality statutory-interpretation transaction-essence wire-fraud Under the mail fraud and wire fraud statutes, does an actionable scheme to defraud require, as an aspect of materiality, a falsehood which goes to the…
18-8709 Emmanuel Adeyinka v. Harris County, Texas, et al. Fifth Circuit 2019-04-05 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights color-of-law common-law-fraud conspiracy-against-rights due-process failure-to-train fourteenth-amendment fraud standing statute-of-frauds Can the United States identify any of nine elements of common and law fraud in this case?