· 4/25/2013
United States v. Bryan Behrens
Citations
- 713 F.3d 926
- 2013 WL 1760325
- 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 8376
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- \Statutory language must be read in context and a phrase gathers meaning from the words around it.\
- “This rule protects from imprisonment individuals who truly are unaware of the substance of an SEC rule or regulation, but it does not go so far as to completely vitiate the principle that ignorance of the law is no defense.”
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Judges: Riley, Colloton, Gruender
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