United States v. Ronald Earl Geiger

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “the ‘used in’ qualification is most sensibly read to mean active employment for commercial purposes, and not merely a passive, passing, or past connection to commerce”
• comparing defendant’s state and federal motions to dismiss to determine similarity of motive
• “The ‘similar motive’ requirement is inherently factual and depends, at least in part, on the operative facts and legal issues and on the context of the proceeding.”
• “Younger abstention does not apply to federal criminal prosecutions; a federal prosecutor can indict a state criminal defendant even while state proceedings are ongoing.”
• “The ‘similar motive’ requirement is inherently factual and depends, at least in part, on the operative facts and legal issues and on the context of the proceeding.”
• “Ruelas may raise a defective indictment claim at any time.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).