Zupnik v. United States

Issue: Whether 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b), which prohibits using a facility or means of interstate commerce to “persuade, induce, entice, or coerce” a minor to engage in any sexual activity that is forbidden by state law, sweeps in any conduct that simply attempts to cause commission of unlawful sexual activity (as the court below and some other Circuits have held), or whether the verbs also require something more—an effort by the defendant to transform the minor’s will, alter the minor’s mental state, or otherwise secure the minor’s assent (as several other Circuits have held).