Legal Opinion
Whitman v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 2014No. 14-29Relating-toCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
Statement of Justice SCALIA, with whom Justice THOMASjoins, respecting the denial of certiorari.
A court owes no deference to the prosecution's interpretation of a criminal law. Criminal statutes "are for the courts, not for the Government, to construe."
*353 Abramski v. United States, 573 U.S. ----, ----, 134 S.Ct. 2259 , 2274, 189 L.Ed.2d 262 (2014). This case, a criminal prosecution under § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 48 Stat. 491 , as amended, 15 U.S.C. 78j(b), raises a related question: Does a court owe deference to an executive…
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