Fischer v. United States

Decided June 28, 2024. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-5572 · 603 U.S. 480 · Cited 55 times

To prove a violation of 18 U. S. C. §1512(c)(2)—a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—the Government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or other things used in an official proceeding, or attempted to do so.

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