Labels:book | reckoner | tree OCR: obvious difference between "property rights" and "the intangible right of the citizenry to good government. at 356. Indced. this distinction was so clear that the Court considerodl that the only arguable way of saving the prosccution woul he construc the mail fraud statute dispensc entirely with "the Aauotu CT property requirenent for certain kinds fraudulent schemes. 358. The Court refused remove this statutory limitation: "Rather than construe the statule 1F manner that leaves its outer boundaries ambiguous and involves the Federal Government 1r setting standards of disc losure and good government for local and stalc officials, we read [the mail fraud stalute] as limited scope to the protection ot property rights. 1 360 Acreptance of petitioners' strained characterization abstract "right ...
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