INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ET AL.

v.

BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

Citator

Cited By (32 total)

• McNALLY v. United States, 483 U.S. 350 (U.S. 1987)
  …Of course, “the fact that a scheme may or may not violate State law does not determine whether it is within the proscriptions of the federal statute.” United States v. Edwards, 458 F. 2d 875, 880 (CA5), cert. denied sub nom. Huie v. United States, 409 U. S. 891 (1972). See Margiotta, 688 F. 2d, at 124; Mandel, 591 F. 2d, at 1361; Brown, 540 F. 2d, at 374, n. 7; Bush, 522 F. 2d, at 646, n. 6. The mail fraud statute is a self-contained provision, which does not rely on any state enactments for its force. Cf.…
• United States v. Mandel, 591 F.2d 1347 (4th Cir. 1979)
  …te regulation. See United States v. Caldwell, 544 F. 2d 691, 697 (4th Cir. 1976) (concurring opinion). See also United States v. McNeive, 536 F. 2d 1245, 1252 (8th Cir. 1976); United States v. Edwards, 458 F. 2d 875, 880 (5th Cir. 1972), cert. den., 409 U.S. 891, 93 S.Ct. 118, 34 L.Ed.2d 148. Additionally, we note that statutes such as the mail fraud statute should be carefully and strictly construed in order to avoid extension beyond the limits intended by Congress. See United States v. Kelem, 416 F. 2d 3…

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• United States v. Bohonus, 628 F.2d 1167 (9th Cir. 1980)
  …beyond the limits intended by Congress.” United States v. Kelem, 416 F. 2d 346, 347 (9th Cir. 1969), cert. den., 397 U.S. 952, 90 S.Ct. 977, 25 L.Ed.2d 134 (1970), accord, United States v. Edwards, 458 F. 2d 875, 880 (5th Cir.), cert. den. sub nom., 409 U.S. 891, 93 S.Ct. 118, 34 L.Ed.2d 148 (1972); United States v. Mandel, 591 F. 2d 1347, 1357 (4th Cir. 1979), aff’d on other grounds, 602 F. 2d 653 (4th Cir. 1979) (en banc). The McNieve court aptly pointed out that these points of view are not “necessarily…