Surprisingly Small Stakes In Shaw V. US

Law360, New York (October 13, 2016, 3:12 PM EDT) -- Down a justice, and facing the prospect of equally divided decisions in controversial cases, it is perhaps unsurprising that the U.S. Supreme Court began its term this October with a number of less-than-high-profile cases. Even so, some may be surprised by how little was apparently at stake by the time the court heard argument in Shaw v. United States, a case concerning the intent element of the federal criminal bank fraud statute. In fact, it is possible that the decision could affect almost no one other than the particular litigant in that case....

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