Legal Opinion
Brogan v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 26, 1998No. 96-1579PublishedCited by 241 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia
This case presents the question whether there is an exception to criminal liability under 18 U. S. C. § 1001 for a false statement that consists of the mere denial of wrongdoing, the so-called "exculpatory no.”
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While acting as a union officer during 1987 and 1988, petitioner James Brogan accepted cash payments from JRD Management Corporation, a real estate company whose employees were represented by the union. On October 4,1993, federal agents from the Department of Labor and the Internal Revenue Service visited petitioner at his home. The agents identified themselves and explained that they…
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