United States Eleventh Circuit

A federal statute proscribing theft from an organization receiving government funds, 18 U.S.C. section 666, is facially constitutional as a valid exercise of Congress's powers under the Spending Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/12/2002
• Published 09/12/2002

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before DUBINA and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and HODGES, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert C. Hill, Fort Myers, FL, Richard L. Rosenbaum, Law Offices of Richard L. Rosenbaum, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Jose Rafael Rodriguez (Appointed by Appeals Court), Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants., Charles L. Truncale, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.