United States v. Fuat Yildiz, Also Known as Frankie, Also Known as Frank Lnu

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that statements by government agents “are historically unable to bind the sovereign”
• distinguishing “informant’s remarks” from “sworn statements submitted to a judicial officer”
• “This Court has recognized that the government’s attorneys can bind the government with their in-court statements,” which is “consistent with Rule 801(d)(2)(B)” (emphases added)
• “[Flew principals employ agents for the purpose of making damaging statements.” (citation omitted)
• DOJ lawyers can bind the government with Rule 801(2)(B) adoptions in filings
• “[T]he government’s attorneys can bind the government with their in-court statements.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).