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Seventh Circuit· 11/13/1997

United States v. Robert Martin

Citations

  • 128 F.3d 1188
  • 1997 U.S. App. LEXIS 32044
  • 1997 WL 703411

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the history of the VWPA is not “marked by steady congressional erosion, but rather by constant expansion of the restitution remedy”
  • observing that restitution in federal criminal law bears “not a history marked by steady congressional erosion, but rather by constant expansion of the restitution remedy”
  • collecting cases demonstrating “an unwavering line of [circuit court] precedent” holding that federal, state, county, and city governments may be “victims” under the VWPA
  • listing cases in other circuits and holding that it is a “settled view . . . supported by an unwavering line of precedent from other federal courts of appeals” that government agencies can be victims for restitution
  • listing cases in other circuits and holding that it is a “settled view . . . supported by an unwavering line of precedent from other federal courts of appeals” that government agencies can be victims for restitution

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Judges: Cudahy, Flaum, Manion

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