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· 3/14/1997

United States v. Olga Gaydos

Citations

  • 108 F.3d 505
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 4797
  • 1997 WL 112581

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a vacant and uninhabitable building did not affect interstate commerce where the owner had no intention of ever making it habitable or rentable again
  • explaining that significant connections to 13 out-of-state factors could satisfy the interstate commerce nexus under § 844(i)
  • explaining that when a criminal defendant has not “fil[ed] a timely motion for a judgment of acquittal ... we review the sufficiency of the evidence under a plain error standard”
  • stating the need for a case-by-case inquiry where statute contains a jurisdictional element to “ensure ... that the [activity] in question affects interstate commerce”
  • noting that the Supreme Court has “opined that the local rental of an apartment unit is an element of a much broader commercial market in rental Order Page 24 properties to which congressional power to regulate extends”
  • stating the need for a case-by-case inquiry where statute contains a jurisdictional element to\ensure . . . that the [activity] in question affects interstate commerce\

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Judges: Lewis, Nygaard, Schwarzer

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