Interstate transportation of stolen or fraudulently obtained property (18 U.S.C. §§ 2314, 2315)

OR · 18usc1962:racketeering.stolen-property

Enumerated in § 1961(1)(B).

Exact element source

racketeering activity
Source: docroot/ir/usc/title18.jsonl#title18_sec1962; Unicode character offsets [148:169] (end exclusive); SHA-256 6caae47f43b5ab0899b660616e298363bd36f9f540d915c2be11eb7126f5e27d.

Routes and case patterns

Curated routes and observed case patterns
RouteDefinitionMerits instance blocksDistinct merits casesExamples (up to 3 cases per count group)
_whole
accepted; provisional (1 case)
The element is decided as a whole: the reasoning turns on no narrower doctrinal sub-question that distinguishes it from any other application of this element.1
Satisfied 0; not satisfied 1; excluded context 0
1

Seville Industrial Machinery Corp. v. Southmost Machinery Corp. — 567 F. Supp. 1146 (1983) · United States District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1983 — not · pleaded (18usc1962: author: Fable · not independently reviewed) · applied/merits · counted
Pattern: interstate-transport-of-fraud-proceeds/value-and-knowledge-not-alleged

How courts decided this element

Annotation blocks, including explicitly excluded context
CaseElementHolding and scopePatternExact source quotations
Seville Industrial Machinery Corp. v. Southmost Machinery Corp. — 567 F. Supp. 1146 (1983) · United States District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1983 — not · pleaded (18usc1962: author: Fable · not independently reviewed)Interstate transportation of stolen or fraudulently obtained property (18 U.S.C. §§ 2314, 2315)not
Counted merits instance
applied / merits

basis: pleaded; claim: (b),(c),(d)

interstate-transport-of-fraud-proceeds/value-and-knowledge-not-alleged
Plaintiff further alleges that since May 1981 defendants have transported and sold or caused to be transported and sold in interstate commerce, the industrial machinery fraudulently obtained from plaintiff.
Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_567.jsonl#/f-supp/567/1146-01; Unicode character offsets [26610:26816] (end exclusive); SHA-256 3836bc32665b8e1a72ea181c77043419d514089c013853f5fc10624d665e146c.

Evidence kind: fact; polarity: supports; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

However, the complaint does not specify whether defendants transported or caused to transport over $5,000 worth of fraudulently obtained goods.
Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_567.jsonl#/f-supp/567/1146-01; Unicode character offsets [30396:30539] (end exclusive); SHA-256 3836bc32665b8e1a72ea181c77043419d514089c013853f5fc10624d665e146c.

Evidence kind: fact; polarity: cuts-against; absent flag: 1; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

plaintiff must allege that defendants transported or caused to transport with unlawful and fraudulent intent and with knowledge that the property was fraudulently obtained
Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_567.jsonl#/f-supp/567/1146-01; Unicode character offsets [29850:30021] (end exclusive); SHA-256 3836bc32665b8e1a72ea181c77043419d514089c013853f5fc10624d665e146c.

Evidence kind: rule; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

For the above reasons, I find plaintiff’s allegations of interstate transportation of fraudulently obtained goods to be deficient.
Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_567.jsonl#/f-supp/567/1146-01; Unicode character offsets [31038:31168] (end exclusive); SHA-256 3836bc32665b8e1a72ea181c77043419d514089c013853f5fc10624d665e146c.

Evidence kind: held; polarity: not recorded; absent flag: 0; quoted-rule flag: 0 (1 = tagged; 0 = not tagged)

Court interpretations

interpretation

plaintiff must allege that defendants transported or caused to transport with unlawful and fraudulent intent and with knowledge that the property was fraudulently obtained

Seville Industrial Machinery Corp. v. Southmost Machinery Corp. — 567 F. Supp. 1146 (1983) · United States District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1983 (18usc1962: author: Fable · not independently reviewed)

plaintiff must allege that defendants transported or caused to transport with unlawful and fraudulent intent and with knowledge that the property was fraudulently obtained
Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_567.jsonl#/f-supp/567/1146-01; Unicode character offsets [29850:30021] (end exclusive); SHA-256 3836bc32665b8e1a72ea181c77043419d514089c013853f5fc10624d665e146c.

Enumerated in § 1961(1)(B).