United States v. Seymour Sapoznik

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “[t]o show that the bribes benefitted the people paying them [the bar owners/illegal gambling], ... it is enough for the government to show that the bribes facilitated the gambling operations”
• agreeing that fixed costs should be included in net value but finding it unclear whether the costs at issue were indeed fixed
• agreeing that fixed costs should be included in net value but finding it unclear whether the costs at issue were indeed fixed
• holding that a defendant obstructs justice not only when he makes it more difficult for the government convict him, but “also when he makes it more difficult for the court to give him the sentence that is his just desert”
• recognizing the difficulty of estimating the loss caused by a defendant’s fáilure to provide honest services, yét upholding restitution award equal to one year of defendant’s salary
• explaining that the bribes need only contribute to or facilitate the business activity involved

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).