A “case write-up”
Chapter 9 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, §9.5.3
Chapter 12, Criminal Enforcement, §§12.5 – 12.5.6
18 U.S.C. Section 1348
1)U.S. v. Kaiser (2d Cir. 2010)
2)Boyle v. U.S. (U.S. 2009)
3)U.S. v. Milikowsky (2d Cir. 1995)
4)U.S. v. Ebbers (2d Cir. 2006) (just sentencing portion of opinion)
5)“Yates Memorandum” (U.S. DOJ 9/9/2015)
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines §8B2.1 (Effective Compliance & Ethics Program
U.S. Attorneys Manual 9-28.000 (Prosecution of Business Organizations)
3.What is much more important is the issue at law – the dispute about what the law means or how it should be interpreted.
4.What was the majority of the court’s decision in the case, and – more importantly – what was the basic reasoning behind this decision?
5.If you are asked to read a dissent in the case, what was the decision and reasoning in the minority?
6.Do you agree or disagree with the court’s decision? Explain why.
7.To avoid even the appearance of plagiarism, references should be clearly connected to the text through parentheses (Smith, 2016) or footnotes. It is not enough to put your references at the end of the paper, with no way to see what text connects with each reference.