| 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) |
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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]
- ^ Shaw v. United States, No. 15–5991, 580 U.S. ___ (2016), slip. op. at 1.