United States DC Circuit

The "reasonable estimate" of the loss caused by defendant's computer fraud for generating lottery tickets and refusing to pay for them is the fair market value of the lottery tickets at the time that defendant printed them.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/20/2001
• Decided 05/25/2001
• Published 05/25/2001

Judges

• Before:  GINSBURG, RANDOLPH and TATEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary Manning Petras argued the cause for appellant.   With her on the briefs was G. Allen Dale.


• For Appellees:
  
• Catherine A. Szilagyi, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With her on the brief were Wilma A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney at the time the brief was filed, John R. Fisher and Henry K. Kopel, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.