Source: qa/assist-r6-QA1.md
# QA1 Review — Assisted Extraction Benchmark Round 6 (Variant-Aware Proposer) **Seat:** QA1 (`gemini-3.8-flash-high`) **Date:** 2026-11-10 **Specifications & Protocols:** - [`neov2/specs/qa1_flash.md`](file:///home/mma/repos/neochart/neov2/specs/qa1_flash.md) - [`neov2/assist/r6/REVIEW_REQUEST4.md`](file:///home/mma/repos/neochart/neov2/assist/r6/REVIEW_REQUEST4.md) - [`neov2/assist/r6/PROTOCOL.md`](file:///home/mma/repos/neochart/neov2/assist/r6/PROTOCOL.md) - [`neov2/variants/CATALOGUE.md`](file:///home/mma/repos/neochart/neov2/variants/CATALOGUE.md) - Frozen Protocol/Input Hash: `bc283efcd46bbe30a220af9f911af8c0838e962e05a34000645fb4062ee062f7` **Scoring Tool:** `python3 neov2/tools/review_r6.py --root neov2/assist/r6` --- ## Executive Summary & Scorecard QA1 has completed independent double-blind adjudication of Round 6 assisted extraction across all 18 assigned cases: - **15 Primary Cases:** `r6-001`, `r6-003`, `r6-005`, `r6-006`, `r6-009`, `r6-010`, `r6-012`, `r6-014`, `r6-017`, `r6-019`, `r6-021`, `r6-023`, `r6-025`, `r6-027`, `r6-029`. - **3 Cross-Review Cases (assigned shared with QA2):** `r6-002`, `r6-004`, `r6-007`. - **Completion Status:** 18 / 18 cases completed (0 pending, 0 unreviewed). The benchmark protocol was strictly executed in two sequential phases: 1. **Phase A (Independent Blind Evidence Inventory):** Conducted directly against canonical IR texts before opening `review_packets/`, `proposals/`, `sample.json` strata, or author traces. All 18 Phase A inventory files were written to [`neov2/assist/r6/annotations-QA1/`](file:///home/mma/repos/neochart/neov2/assist/r6/annotations-QA1/). 2. **Phase B (Candidate Proposal Adjudication):** Evaluated all 48 proposed candidate spans for element application, quote boundaries, and joint variant correctness (specifically assessing whether proposed `NEW:` labels represent valid factual species or whether an existing catalogue label from `catalogue.json` should have been reused). ### Quantitative Scorecard (QA1 18-Case Partition) | Metric | Round 6 QA1 Result | Target / Standard | Interpretation | |---|:---:|:---:|---| | **Assigned Cases** | 18 | 18 | 15 primary + 3 cross-review | | **Cases Reviewed** | 18 (100.0%) | 18 | Complete independent review | | **Exhaustive Blind Cases** | 18 (100.0%) | 18 | All cases have verified blind Phase A | | **Total Candidates Judged** | 48 | 48 | All emitted proposals evaluated | | **Proposer Abstentions (0 props)** | 8 / 18 (44.4%) | N/A | High selectivity on negative/procedural cases | | **Element Application Precision** | 43 / 48 (**89.6%**) | $\ge 85\%$ | 43/48 proposals applied target elements to case facts | | **Joint Variant Precision** | 39 / 48 (**81.25%**) | $\ge 75\%$ | 39 proposals met joint element + variant validity | | **NEW: Variant Acceptance** | 39 / 48 (**81.25%**) | N/A | 39/48 `NEW:` labels accepted as sound extensions | | **Catalogued Existing Reuse Rate** | 0 / 48 (0.0%) | N/A | Proposer emitted 100% `NEW:` proposals | | **Independent Gold Items** | 39 items | N/A | Exhaustive independent Phase A inventory | | **Strict Span Recovery Recall** | 34 / 39 (**87.2%**) | $\ge 80\%$ | Proposer recovered 34 of 39 independent gold applications | | **Measured Phase A Time** | 3,380.0 s (56.3 min) | N/A | Measured reading and inventory time | | **Measured Phase B Time** | 1,015.0 s (16.9 min) | N/A | Measured proposal adjudication time | | **Causal Effort Savings** | **Not established** | Scientific control | Phase B follows Phase A; no unassisted control | --- ## Analysis of the Round-6 Variant-Aware Proposer ### 1. The Proposer's Architectural Profile In Round 6, the proposer was conditioned on `catalogue.json` and directed to formulate variant labels. Notably, across the 18 cases assigned to QA1, **every single proposal generated was marked `variant_kind: "new"` with a `NEW:` prefix**. The proposer did not emit any proposals referencing existing catalogued variant labels. ### 2. Quality of `NEW:` Variant Generation Despite emitting 100% `NEW:` labels, the substantive quality of the proposals was remarkably high: - **Clean Genus/Species Syntax:** The model correctly adhered to the CASE-DSL variant syntax (`<genus>/<species>`), avoiding value-laden or outcome-dependent words in the genus (e.g. `proximate-cause/endorsement-induced-investments-intervening-business-performance`, `per-se-rejected/vertical-wholesale-price-nondiscrimination-requirement`, `burden-of-production/subjective-ranking-without-individualized-comparative-explanation`). - **Careful Differentiation from Catalogue:** In cases such as `r6-001` (celebrity endorsement of MLM scheme), `r6-023` (unincorporated motorcycle gang distinctness), and `r6-025` (subjective ranking in Foreign Service promotions), the proposer provided articulate justifications explaining why the facts departed from existing catalogue exemplars (e.g. distinguishing *Cedric Kushner* Don King corporate officer distinctness from an unincorporated association within a broader gang). - **Abstention Discipline on Negatives (8/8 = 100%):** The proposer correctly emitted 0 proposals for all 8 negative/procedural cases (`r6-002`, `r6-004`, `r6-005`, `r6-006`, `r6-010`, `r6-014`, `r6-019`, `r6-029`), refusing to force target law elements onto sentence appeals, bail applications, Title VII comparators, or pre-merits truncation records. ### 3. Systematic Defects Identified in Phase B 1. **Redundant Duplicate Spans Across Element Hierarchies (5 rejections):** - In `r6-003`, the proposer emitted identical text spans under both generic `15usc1:restraint` and specific `15usc1:restraint.per-se`. Under CASE-DSL, the most specific applicable element must be used; proposals on the parent element were accepted for element truth but rejected on joint variant precision (`r6-003-f14f6f945632`, `r6-003-1bedef27c7cd`, `r6-003-7c35523759b7`). 2. **Rule Selection vs Rule Application Confusion:** - In `r6-003-31a9712f48c1`, the court held that *Leegin* requires rule-of-reason analysis for vertical RPM, which defeats per se facial preemption. The proposer tagged this as `15usc1:restraint.rule-of-reason : NEW:rule-of-reason-selection/...`. The court did *not* apply the rule of reason to the facts; it only held that the per se rule did not apply. This is a `restraint.per-se: not-satisfied` holding, not an instance of `restraint.rule-of-reason`. 3. **Precedent Recitation Mislabeled as Applied Holding:** - In `r6-003-9f95814ff8c2`, the court discussed the historical classification of minimum retail prices in *324 Liquor Corp.* This was a discussion of precedent, not an applied holding on Connecticut law. 4. **Element Mismatch on IP Misrepresentation:** - In `r6-009-6078ad802a1d`, the proposer labeled a passage rejecting mail fraud claims based on trademark infringement as `18usc1341:materiality`. The court was analyzing whether trademark infringement constitutes a *scheme to defraud*, not materiality. 5. **Preliminary Background Summary vs Merits Holding:** - In `r6-012-7a40f919db0e`, the quote was extracted from the opening preliminary summary of the opinion rather than the substantive merits analysis. --- ## Detailed Per-Case Adjudication ### 1. `r6-001` — 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (`/f-supp-3d/385/0265-01`, *Doe v. Trump Corp.*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Civil RICO claims against celebrity endorsers of multi-level marketing company (ACN); defendants moved to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). - **Court Holding:** Dismissed RICO claims for failure to plead proximate causation under *Holmes* and *Bridge*. Intervening entrepreneurial and market factors attenuated link between endorsement and lost investments. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (2 items):** - `18usc1962:causation` [32180..32947]: Proximate causation fails as to unrecovered investments due to independent MLM risk and market demand. - `18usc1962:causation` [35960..36402]: Proximate causation fails as to expenses induced by third-party recruitment. - **Phase B Judgments (2 proposals):** - `r6-001-0b01e1dd6d8c` (`18usc1962:causation`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant**. Court applies proximate causation; proposed `NEW:proximate-cause/endorsement-induced-investments-intervening-business-performance` accurately captures novel factual pattern. - `r6-001-2863402f6505` (`18usc1962:causation`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant**. Court applies proximate causation to third-party recruitment and damages apportionment; proposed `NEW:proximate-cause/endorsements-intervening-third-party-recruitment` is a valid, generalizable distinction. --- ### 2. `r6-002` — 21 U.S.C. § 841 (`/f3d/931/0727-01`, *United States v. Grady*) [Cross-Review] - **Posture & Core Issue:** Criminal appeal following guilty plea with appeal waiver; challenge to sentence. - **Court Holding:** Appeal dismissed; enforceability of appellate waiver upheld. No § 841 substantive elements applied. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 3. `r6-003` — 15 U.S.C. § 1 (`/f3d/916/0160-01`, *Connecticut Fine Wine v. Seagull*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Preemption challenge against Connecticut liquor post-and-hold and minimum resale price laws. - **Court Holding:** Affirmed dismissal. Unilateral statutory requirements do not constitute private contracts or conspiracies under § 1; vertical minimum pricing is evaluated under rule of reason (*Leegin*), defeating facial per se preemption. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (7 items):** - `15usc1:restraint.per-se` [25196..25373]: Vertical RPM is not per se illegal and not facially preempted. - `15usc1:agreement` [25705..26121]: State-mandated wholesale price uniformity is unilateral and lacks concerted action. - `15usc1:restraint.per-se` [26484..27102]: Vertical price restriction under § 30-68k is purely vertical, not per se illegal. - `15usc1:restraint.per-se` [35377..35881]: Post-and-hold statute is not per se price fixing under *Battipaglia*. - `15usc1:agreement.x-monsanto-exclusion-of-independent-action` [45216..45713]: Parallel pricing under statutory scheme fails to exclude independent action under *Monsanto*/*Twombly*. - `15usc1:agreement` [45963..46353]: State-mandated public price posting does not create agreement among competitors. - `15usc1:x-horizontal-cartel-via-dual-distribution` [56478..56746]: Rejection of horizontal cartel characterization. - **Phase B Judgments (12 proposals):** - `r6-003-f14f6f945632` (`15usc1:restraint`): **ACCEPT Element / REJECT Variant** (Specific element `restraint.per-se` controls). - `r6-003-fd8ca7da943c` (`15usc1:agreement`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:parallel-conduct/statutory-price-posting-and-matching`). - `r6-003-ac692e6cd95e` (`15usc1:restraint.per-se`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:per-se-rejected/statutorily-mandated-vertical-resale-price-maintenance`). - `r6-003-1bedef27c7cd` (`15usc1:restraint`): **ACCEPT Element / REJECT Variant** (Duplicate on generic element). - `r6-003-a7c928d57445` (`15usc1:agreement.x-monsanto-exclusion-of-independent-action`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:agreement-inference/statutory-price-posting-and-matching-explains-parallelism`). - `r6-003-31a9712f48c1` (`15usc1:restraint.rule-of-reason`): **REJECT Element / REJECT Variant** (Court held per se rule does not apply; did not apply rule of reason). - `r6-003-5ff2b86497c5` (`15usc1:restraint.per-se`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:per-se-rejected/vertical-wholesale-price-nondiscrimination-requirement`). - `r6-003-e6b3e9869f58` (`15usc1:restraint.per-se`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:per-se-rejected/statutory-post-match-and-hold-pricing`). - `r6-003-a41c0ddcf71d` (`15usc1:agreement`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:concerted-action/unilateral-state-ban-on-discriminatory-wholesale-pricing`). - `r6-003-682bf9c082c5` (`15usc1:x-horizontal-cartel-via-dual-distribution`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:horizontal-characterization-rejected/statutory-minimum-resale-pricing`). - `r6-003-9f95814ff8c2` (`15usc1:agreement`): **REJECT Element / REJECT Variant** (Discussion of *324 Liquor* precedent). - `r6-003-7c35523759b7` (`15usc1:restraint`): **ACCEPT Element / REJECT Variant** (Generic duplicate of 5ff2b86497c5). --- ### 4. `r6-004` — 15 U.S.C. § 78j (`/f-supp-3d/383/0409-01`, *In re Trevena, Inc.*) [Cross-Review] - **Posture & Core Issue:** Securities class action; contested motions for appointment of lead plaintiff and approval of lead counsel under PSLRA § 78u-4 and Rule 23. - **Court Holding:** Appointed lead plaintiff based on largest financial interest. No § 10(b) or Rule 10b-5 merits elements applied. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 5. `r6-005` — 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (`/f3d/932/0079-01`, *United States v. Boustani*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Interlocutory appeal from pretrial detention order under Bail Reform Act (18 U.S.C. § 3142). - **Court Holding:** Affirmed pretrial detention; risk of flight. No wire fraud merits elements applied. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 6. `r6-006` — 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 (`/f3d/41/1073-01`, *EEOC v. Francis W. Parker School*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Action under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA, 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq.). - **Court Holding:** Title VII cited only as a statutory comparator to analyze whether disparate impact claims are cognizable under ADEA § 4(a)(2). No Title VII claims at issue. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 7. `r6-007` — 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (`/f2d/829/0286-01`, *New England Data Services v. Becher*) [Cross-Review] - **Posture & Core Issue:** Civil RICO action alleging wire fraud predicates; district court dismissed under Rule 9(b) for failure to plead time, place, and content of communications. - **Court Holding:** First Circuit affirmed scheme and interstate commerce sufficiency, but affirmed wire fraud particularity defect; remanded to allow limited discovery. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (5 items):** - `18usc1343:scheme` [20288..20489]: Sufficiency of fraudulent scheme allegations regarding Med-Tech assets. - `18usc1343:intent` [13599..13751]: Allegations of general scheme meant to defraud plaintiff. - `18usc1343:interstate` [13752..14060]: Interstate communications inferred from diversity of defendants' residences. - `18usc1343:wire` [18164..18415]: Failure of complaint to satisfy Rule 9(b) particularity for wire communications. - `18usc1343:wire` [19788..20105]: Wire use peculiarly within defendants' knowledge justifying discovery. - **Phase B Judgments (6 proposals):** - `r6-007-2fc9348ea405` (`18usc1343:interstate`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:pleading-inference/transaction-participants-in-different-states`). - `r6-007-3a59161ca40a` (`18usc1343:wire`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:pleading-deficiency/no-time-place-or-content-of-communications`). - `r6-007-0ada0966c6a3` (`18usc1343:wire`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:pleading-inference/interdefendant-communications-infer-wire-use`). - `r6-007-ce75406f349e` (`18usc1343:intent`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:contemplated-harm/sham-transactions-to-defeat-creditor-judgment`). - `r6-007-a96b6fa33587` (`18usc1343:scheme`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:creditor-evasion/sham-stock-sale-and-security-interest`). - `r6-007-3c8d05f27e52` (`18usc1343:furtherance`): **ACCEPT Element / REJECT Variant** (Passage is about wire use inference; variant label redundant). --- ### 8. `r6-009` — 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (`/f-supp-2d/912/0404-01`, *Southern Snow v. SnoWizard*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Motion to dismiss civil RICO claims predicated on alleged mail fraud in obtaining trademark registrations from the USPTO. - **Court Holding:** Dismissed. Under *Cleveland*, a trademark registration issued by the USPTO is not government property; trademark infringement does not constitute mail fraud. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (5 items):** - `18usc1341:property` [35909..36266]: USPTO trademark registration is not property in government hands under *Cleveland*. - `18usc1341:scheme` [36844..37197]: Asserting marketplace trademark claims does not constitute scheme to defraud. - `18usc1341:scheme` [37857..38253]: Misrepresentations to USPTO cannot support mail fraud scheme. - `18usc1341:scheme` [39854..40184]: Trademark infringement is not a mail fraud scheme to defraud. - `18usc1341:intent` [40500..40868]: Conclusory allegations fail to plead fraudulent intent regarding ETL mark. - **Phase B Judgments (7 proposals):** - `r6-009-a496afbf9273` (`18usc1341:scheme`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:assertion-of-legal-rights/marketplace-claims-based-on-unlawful-grant`). - `r6-009-2d16223225c9` (`18usc1341:property`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:government-grant/fraudulent-procurement-of-patent-or-trademark`). - `r6-009-5e846528f46c` (`18usc1341:scheme`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:government-grant/false-pto-submissions-as-alleged-scheme`). - `r6-009-6078ad802a1d` (`18usc1341:materiality`): **REJECT Element / REJECT Variant** (Passage concerns scheme, not materiality). - `r6-009-029a06afb9c5` (`18usc1341:materiality`): **REJECT Element / REJECT Variant** (Duplicate of a496afbf9273 on wrong element). - `r6-009-ac6aefa602f2` (`18usc1341:intent`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:insufficient-intent-allegations/certification-mark-use-without-customer-reliance`). - `r6-009-4f97c3f45723` (`18usc1341:scheme`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:intellectual-property-infringement/trademark-infringement-insufficient-for-mail-fraud`). --- ### 9. `r6-010` — 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (`/f3d/910/0886-01`, *United States v. Donadeo*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Criminal appeal of sentence following guilty plea to conspiracy to commit mail fraud; challenge to loss calculations, obstruction enhancement, and restitution. - **Court Holding:** Guidelines sentencing appeal. No substantive mail fraud elements adjudicated. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 10. `r6-012` — 15 U.S.C. § 78j (`/f-supp-3d/370/0060-01`, *In re Advisory Board Co. Sec. Litig.*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Securities fraud class action under § 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 challenging merger integration statements and revenue recognition. - **Court Holding:** Dismissed in part. Generalized expressions of corporate optimism and integration progress held non-actionable puffery; revenue recognition timing differences held immaterial. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (6 items):** - `15usc78j:materiality` [33891..34145]: Revenue recognition timing differences without inflation of total value immaterial as a matter of law. - `15usc78j:statement` [46114..46401]: Confidential witness allegations fail to establish statements were false when made. - `15usc78j:materiality` [48930..49459]: Claims that integration was "on track" are non-actionable puffery. - `15usc78j:materiality` [51777..52043]: Subjective executive statement regarding corporate culture held immaterial puffery. - `15usc78j:statement` [52900..53307]: Corporate over-exuberance is not actionable falsity under PSLRA. - `15usc78j:statement` [58753..59336]: Cross-selling statements not misleading in light of cautionary disclosures. - **Phase B Judgments (7 proposals):** - `r6-012-7a40f919db0e` (`15usc78j:statement`): **REJECT Element / REJECT Variant** (Extracted from preliminary summary). - `r6-012-2ad2257e8939` (`15usc78j:statement`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:cross-selling/disclosed-delayed-benefits-and-unspecified-underinvestment`). - `r6-012-1fa15c697041` (`15usc78j:materiality`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:puffery/subjective-organizational-integration-sentiment`). - `r6-012-dab0c77feb92` (`15usc78j:statement`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:integration-progress/witnesses-lack-plan-comparison-or-timing`). - `r6-012-33fa7f368f0d` (`15usc78j:materiality`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:revenue-recognition/timing-only-without-inflation-of-totals`). - `r6-012-73c31135f9d0` (`15usc78j:statement`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:integration-progress/allegations-corroborate-company-narrative`). - `r6-012-8eccdd52eb62` (`15usc78j:materiality`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:puffery/generalized-integration-optimism`). --- ### 11. `r6-014` — 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (`/us/557/0029-01`, *Nijhawan v. Holder*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** SCOTUS review of immigration removal order under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii); petitioner convicted of mail/wire fraud conspiracy. - **Court Holding:** Interpreted INA § 101(a)(43)(M)(i) aggravated felony loss threshold using circumstance-specific approach. No § 1341 elements adjudicated. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 12. `r6-017` — 15 U.S.C. § 1 (`/f-supp-3d/376/0563-01`, *Moesel v. Amalgamated Transit Union*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Bus driver sued union and transit agency under Sherman Act § 1 challenging collective bargaining fair share fee provisions. - **Court Holding:** Dismissed under Rule 12(b)(6). Collective bargaining agreements authorized by state labor law do not plead an antitrust agreement or commercial restraint under § 1. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (2 items):** - `15usc1:agreement` [23857..24645]: Failure to plead agreement restraining commercial trade. - `15usc1:restraint` [24130..24787]: Conclusory allegations fail to show restraint in commercial market. - **Phase B Judgments (2 proposals):** - `r6-017-497a2ce449ca` (`15usc1:agreement`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:agreement-pleading/undifferentiated-union-collaboration-allegations`). - `r6-017-d2bfa22d2fc2` (`15usc1:restraint`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:restraint-pleading/conclusory-harm-from-uniform-terms`). --- ### 13. `r6-019` — 15 U.S.C. § 1 (`/f-supp-3d/372/0206-01`, *Kaul v. Christie*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Physician antitrust and civil rights action; 60,000-character IR record truncated during Younger abstention and Title VII analysis before reaching Sherman Act merits. - **Court Holding:** No § 1 elements reached in provided record. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ### 14. `r6-021` — 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (`/f-supp-3d/382/1062-01`, *Ploss v. Kraft Heinz Co.*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Civil RICO claims predicated on wheat futures manipulation (mail/wire fraud); defendants moved to dismiss under Rule 9(b). - **Court Holding:** Dismissed RICO claims for total failure to identify specific mailings or wire transmissions. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (2 items):** - `18usc1341:mails` [55332..55774]: Failure to allege specific mail communications under Rule 9(b). - `18usc1341:furtherance` [55332..55774]: Failure to allege how unidentified mailings were in furtherance. - **Phase B Judgments (2 proposals):** - `r6-021-514af4c3fbe1` (`18usc1341:furtherance`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:pleading-specificity/failure-to-identify-mailing-dates-and-responsible-defendants`). - `r6-021-ed73c5a54327` (`18usc1341:mails`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:pleading-specificity/mail-use-without-dates-or-identified-actors`). --- ### 15. `r6-023` — 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (`/f-supp-3d/370/1090-01`, *United States v. Mongol Nation*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Post-trial motion for criminal forfeiture of trademarked patches; court reviewed law-of-the-case regarding status of unincorporated association as a suable person and capable enterprise. - **Court Holding:** Reaffirmed that Mongol Nation is an unincorporated association distinct from the broader gang and legally capable of committing RICO predicate acts. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (2 items):** - `18usc1962:person` [9423..9652]: Unincorporated association held distinct from enterprise under law-of-the-case. - `18usc1962:racketeering` [9576..9652]: Unincorporated association is legally capable of committing predicate acts. - **Phase B Judgments (2 proposals):** - `r6-023-8d6fa92fff3d` (`18usc1962:racketeering`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:predicate-capacity/unincorporated-association`). - `r6-023-38229b27db57` (`18usc1962:person`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:distinct-from-enterprise/unincorporated-association-within-broader-gang`). Note: Unlike Flash1's erroneous assignment of Don King sole-shareholder distinctness in Part 1, the proposer correctly rejected existing variants and formulated a sound NEW label. --- ### 16. `r6-025` — 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2 (`/f3d/923/1078-01`, *Figueroa v. Pompeo*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Hispanic Foreign Service officer sued State Department under Title VII for non-promotion; summary judgment granted to employer; D.C. Circuit reversed. - **Court Holding:** Defined McDonnell Douglas second prong burden of production: employer cannot satisfy burden with purely subjective scoring without individualized comparative explanation. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (3 items):** - `42usc2000e-2:protected-class` [3999..4230]: Hispanic identity covered under national origin and race. - `42usc2000e-2:impact` [13600..14033]: Disparate impact fails for lack of causal link between policy and disparity. - `42usc2000e-2:employer-reason` [38905..39495]: Purely subjective scores fail employer's burden of production. - **Phase B Judgments (3 proposals):** - `r6-025-6e37ab1abaea` (`42usc2000e-2:employer-reason`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:burden-of-production/subjective-ranking-without-individualized-comparative-explanation`). - `r6-025-0dce39f96f09` (`42usc2000e-2:protected-class`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:ethnicity/hispanic-covered-as-national-origin-and-race`). - `r6-025-32bfe6a248dc` (`42usc2000e-2:impact`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:causal-connection/promotion-disparity-not-linked-to-annual-review-reset`). --- ### 17. `r6-027` — 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (`/f-supp-3d/373/0452-01`, *United States v. Person*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Indictment charging assistant basketball coach with wire fraud and honest services wire fraud (18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1346) for taking bribes to steer student-athletes to financial advisers. - **Court Holding:** Denied motion to dismiss. Fiduciary duty established under employment agreement; commercial bribery under *Skilling* does not require pre-existing business ties with employer; risk of NCAA penalties satisfies property element. - **Phase A Gold Inventory (5 items):** - `18usc1343:honest-services-boundary` [30219..30771]: Employment compliance duties establish fiduciary duty of honest services. - `18usc1343:honest-services-boundary` [30990..31499]: Commercial bribery does not require business ties between bribor and employer. - `18usc1343:materiality` [37256..37521]: Concealment of NCAA-violating bribes material to employment bargain. - `18usc1343:scheme` [37522..37931]: Secret payments and concealment constitute scheme to defraud. - `18usc1343:property` [38244..38626]: Exposure to NCAA economic penalties satisfies property requirement. - **Phase B Judgments (5 proposals):** - `r6-027-198922245381` (`18usc1343:scheme`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:employment-fraud/concealed-paid-referrals-incompatible-with-compliance-duties`). - `r6-027-dc27f3f2e711` (`18usc1343:honest-services-boundary`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:bribery-boundary/no-business-relationship-between-bribor-and-employer`). - `r6-027-c142919f6b0d` (`18usc1343:property`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:economic-risk/employer-exposed-to-monetary-sanctions-by-concealed-noncompliance`). - `r6-027-975a5d81092d` (`18usc1343:honest-services-boundary`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:fiduciary-duty/coach-paid-to-steer-athletes-in-breach-of-compliance-duties`). - `r6-027-c415eab0f25c` (`18usc1343:materiality`): **ACCEPT Element / ACCEPT Variant** (`NEW:employment-bargain/concealment-of-conduct-undermining-essential-compliance-duty`). --- ### 18. `r6-029` — 21 U.S.C. § 841 (`/f3d/934/0414-01`, *United States v. Jackson*) - **Posture & Core Issue:** Motion for sentence reduction under Section 404 of the First Step Act. - **Court Holding:** Discretionary resentencing mechanics; no § 841 guilt or drug quantity merits elements adjudicated. - **Phase A Gold Inventory:** Empty (`[]`). - **Phase B Judgments:** 0 proposals emitted. Proposer correctly abstained. --- ## Shared-Case Agreement Status Of the 18 cases reviewed by QA1, 6 cases are shared with QA2: `r6-001`, `r6-002`, `r6-003`, `r6-004`, `r6-006`, `r6-007`. Per `REVIEW_REQUEST4.md`, shared-case agreement metrics (raw agreement and Cohen's kappa across gold presence, element acceptance, and variant acceptance) remain pending awaiting the completion of independent annotations by QA2 in [`neov2/assist/r6/annotations-QA2/`](file:///home/mma/repos/neochart/neov2/assist/r6/annotations-QA2/). Once QA2 commits its annotations, `review_r6.py` will automatically tabulate inter-annotator concordance.