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1.655 documents for false pretenses meaning

- Field v. Mans, 516 U.S. 59 (1995)
... Court found that Mans's letters constituted false representations, but followed Circuit precedent in... as a fraudulent representation within the meaning of § 523(a)(2)(A) is not reasonable reliance but ... only slightly since 1903, from "false pretenses or false representations" to "false pretenses, a f...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
...Petitioner N eder was convicted of filing false federal income tax returns and of federal mail fr... uses terms that have accumulated settled meaning under .. the common law, a court must infer, unles... than the common-law crime "false pretenses" does not rebut the presumption that Congress inte...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- First National Bank of Mobile D/B/a Bankamericard/Visa, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold Eugene Roddenberry and Jayne Hettie Roddenberry, Defendants-Appellees., 701 F.2d 927 (11th Cir. 1983)
... money and merchandise were obtained under false pretenses within the meaning of section 17a(2) of ...
- Federal Circuits

- USA v. Argumedo-Perez, (5th Cir. 2009)
... subsection, aggravated felony takes the meaning of 8U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43), which is § 101 of the ..., defendant's conviction for larceny by false pretenses was overturned on unrelated grounds). . ...
- Federal Circuits
- United States v. Stever, 222 U.S. 167 (1911)
... of obtaining money, etc., 'by and under false pretenses,' from various persons, among others, ce... or artifice to defraud' within the plain meaning of 5480. For the purpose of the present discussion...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- American School of Magnetic Healing v. McAnnulty, 187 U.S. 94 (1902)
... money through the mails by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and pro... or a false pretense or promise within the meaning of these statutes? How can anyone lay down the lim...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- in Re Jeanne Lavonne Joelson, Debtor. Stanley Cadwell, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeanne Lavonne Joelson, Defendant-Appellant., 427 F.3d 700 (10th Cir. 2005)
... on discharging debts obtained by "false pretenses, a false representation, or actual fraud... same act are intended to have the same meaning." Sullivan v. Stroop, 496 U.S. 478, 484, 110 S.Ct....
- Federal Circuits
- USA v. David W. Svete, (11th Cir. 2009)
... at trial that the sales agents made false statements and provided them with literature that ... by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises." Pattern Jury Instr..., the word `any' has an expansive meaning, that is, `one or some indiscriminately of whateve...
- Federal Circuits
- in the Matter Of: Constance P. Mercer, Debtor, At&T Universal Card Services, Appellant, v. Constance P. Mercer, Appellee., 246 F.3d 391 (5th Cir. 2001)
...523(a)(2)(A) (credit obtained by false pretenses/representation or actual fraud). Primari..., or actual fraud,' carry the acquired meaning of terms of art .. [and] are common-law terms". Fi...
- Federal Circuits
- United States v. Comyns, 248 U.S. 349 (1919)
... for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promi..., representations, or promises' within the meaning of section 215 of the Criminal Code. To use the ma...
- U.S. Supreme Court