Kousisis v. United States
Docket Number: 23-909
Date Argued: 12/09/24
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2024/23-909_b97c.pdf
QUESTION PRESENTED:
The circuits are split 6-5 on the validity of the fraudulent inducement theory of mail and
wire fraud. The Questions Presented are:
Whether deception to induce a commercial exchange can constitute mail or wire fraud,
even if inflicting economic harm on the alleged victim was not the object of the scheme.
Whether a sovereign's statutory, regulatory, or policy interest is a property interest when
compliance is a material term of payment for goods or services.
Whether all contract rights are "property."