Jeffrey Allan Fischer v. United States

Decided May 15, 2000. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-116 · 529 U.S. 667 (2000) · Cited 117 times

Holding

Health care providers such as the one defrauded by petitioner receive "benefits" within the meaning of 666(b).

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Good Samaritan Hospital v. Shalala · 508 U.S. 402 (1993)
• Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)
• South Dakota v. Dole · 483 U.S. 203 (1987)
• Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital · 514 U.S. 87 (1995)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · 512 U.S. 504 (1994)
• Regions Hospital v. Shalala · 522 U.S. 448 (1998)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Snyder v. United States · 603 U.S. 1 (2024)

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