Legal Opinion

United States v. Lige

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 9, 2011No. 10-20029PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:

Gregory Lige appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for illegal possession of unauthorized access devices, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(3), which he used to fraudulently obtain cellular phones from Sprint and Nextel. He argues that the district court should have computed the “intended loss” resulting from his scheme using the wholesale price of the phones — that is, Sprint and Nextel’s replacement cost — rather than the full retail price of the phones. Because Sprint and Nextel offered these phones for sale in the retail market, we conclude…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Cisneros-GutierrezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2008
  3. United States v. OlisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States v. Leroy Warshawsky (93-1345) Ira Warshawsky (93-1346) and Ted Warshawsky (93-1473)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010

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3Cited by33 opinions

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  3. United States v. Lia St. JuniusCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  4. United States v. Thomas HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. VasquezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012

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