Thursday, September 08, 2011

Third Circuit -- USA v. Thomas Pendleton

Venue is proper in the district of arrest when the act is committed entirely in a foreign country.

As the jurisdictional element in statute has an express [as opposed to local?] connection to interstate commerce, valid under Lopez.

USA v. Thomas Pendleton
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

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Author's SSRN page here.