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Supreme Court· 1/26/1998

Brogan v. United States

Citations

  • 522 U.S. 398
  • 118 S. Ct. 805
  • 139 L. Ed. 2d 830
  • 1998 U.S. LEXIS 648

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that false exculpations violate § 1001 and rejecting an invitation to add requirements or defenses in common-law fashion
  • holding that false exculpations violate §1001 and rejecting an invitation to add requirements or defenses in common-­‐‑law fashion
  • holding that a statute which criminalized “any” false statement within the jurisdiction of a federal agency does not permit an exception for the mere denial of wrongdoing
  • holding that a federal statute imposing criminal liability for making false statements to investigators does not include an exception for a false statement consisting merely of a denial of wrongdoing
  • holding that a federal statute imposing criminal liability for making false statements to investigators does not include an exception for a false statement consisting merely of a denial of wrongdoing
  • holding that materiality does not “turn upon the credulousness of the federal investigator”

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Judges: Scalia, Scaua, Rehnquist, O'Connok, Kennedy, Thomas, Souter, Ginsburg, Stevens, Breyer

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