Phillips v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
218 F.2d 385 · 1955
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
December 1959
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1005 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Bartkus v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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““(a) Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal. “(b) Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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