Legal Opinion
United States v. Pendleton
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 7, 2011No. 10-1818PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents two questions of first impression. First, we consider whether the general criminal venue provision, 18 U.S.C. § 3238, applies when a defendant commits part of his offense inside the United States. Second, we determine whether 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c) and (f)(1), which together criminalize noncommercial illicit sexual conduct outside the United States, is a valid exercise of Congress’s power under Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution (the Foreign Commerce Clause).
I
On November 25, 2005, Thomas Pendleton…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
50 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. Malek al-MalikiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
- United States v. Larry BollingerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2015
- United States v. BastonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2016
- United States v. DurhamCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2018
- United States v. Andrew AuernheimerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
26 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.