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U.S. v. MOLAK

No. 00-2200.

276 F.3d 45 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walter J. MOLAK, Jr., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Lepizzera, Jr. on brief for appellant.

Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, Donald C. Lockhart and Terrence P. Donnelly, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Lawyers can — and often do — wrangle over the meaning of even the most pedestrian language. So it is here: the appellant insists that the term "child," as used in the Child Support Recovery Act, 18 U.S.C. § 228 (1994 & Supp. V 1999) (the Act), encompasses only persons under 18 years of age. For its part, the government advocates a less restrictive definition. Writing on a pristine page — no federal appellate court...

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