United States Eleventh Circuit

Proof of reasonable reliance is not a necessary component of a federal mail fraud conviction. Under U.S.S.G. section 2F1.1, profits made on the open market are a reasonable estimate of the value of a stolen right to unrestricted distribution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/12/2003
• Published 03/12/2003

Judges

• BIRCH, Circuit Judge:, Before BIRCH, DUBINA and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Reid Allen Page,Sheldon Krantz, Piper Rudnick, LLP, Washington, DC, Frederick G. Helmsing, Helmsing, Sims & Leach, P.C., Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant., Leigh Lichty Pipkin, David P. York, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.