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Skilling v. United States

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Docket nos.
  
08-1394

End date
  
2010

Citations
  
561 U.S. 358 (more)


Full case name
  
Jeffrey K. Skilling v. United States

Prior history
  
Convictions affirmed, 554 F. 3d 529 (CA5), cert. granted, 558 U. S. ___ (2009)

Subsequent history
  
Prison term of Jeffrey Skilling reduced from 24 years and 4 months to 14 years (minus time served)

Majority
  
Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito (part I); Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas (part II); Roberts, Stevens, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor (part III)

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Skilling v. United States, 561 U.S. 358 (2010), was a United States Supreme Court case interpreting the honest services fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. ยง 1346. The court held, in the case involving former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, that the honest services fraud statute, which prohibits "a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services", covers only bribes and kickback schemes. Ultimately, Skilling's sentence was reduced by 10 years as a result.

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