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United States v. Schultz

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 8, 1994No. 92-02828PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendants James Chaplin and Tom Schultz were charged in a seventeen-count indictment with criminal acts surrounding a bank fraud scheme. Although a jury found each man guilty of the charged offenses, the Government failed to proffer sufficient evidence of federal jurisdiction. We therefore reverse.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Defendants Chaplin and Schultz were charged along with a third man, Kenneth E. “Jason” Lothamer, with executing a scheme to defraud and submit false statements to Texas Commerce Bank-Sugar Land (“TCB-Sugar Land” or “the bank”) in violation of 18…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. United States v. Gary L. Shively, United States of America v. G. Winfield PardeeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. United States v. Grady James ManerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. United States v. Charles Cornelius JamesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  5. United States v. Jake P. PlatenburgCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. United States v. PettigrewCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  2. United States v. SandersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
  3. United States v. Wayne L. BranchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. William T. Scott Linda D. Scott Ralph Ben-SchoterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. PrentissCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000

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