Siems v. Pilot Travel Ctrs., LLC

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “relevant Supreme Court and Second Circuit case law supports the Government’s contention that it is the law at the time of the offense ... that governs”
• noting design of federal “saving statute,” 1 U.S.C. § 109, “to ensure that a convicted criminal defendant does not fortuitously benefit from more lenient laws that may be passed after he or she has been convicted”
• “[Section] 109 saves the penalties from the date of [the defendant’s] initial offense.”
• “[W]hen an act of Congress conflicts with a Guideline, the statute controls.”
• “[Section] 109 saves sentencing provisions in addition to substantive laws.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).