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Petition of the day

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The west wall frieze

Thepetition of the day is:

17-1314

Issue:Whether, in a federal fraud prosecution involving a private victim, materiality turns on the misrepresentations ability to influence the actual decisionmaker to which it was addressed, as three circuits have held, or instead on its ability to influence a hypothetical reasonable person, as six circuits have held.

Cases: Raza v. United States

Recommended Citation: Aurora Barnes, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 27, 2018, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/04/petition-of-the-day-1372/