U.S. Backs Reinstatement of South Korea Contract Bribery Case

The U.S. Supreme Court shouldn’t consider whether a criminal bribery case against a South Korea-based defense official is time-barred under the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act, the government said.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived seven counts of a 2017 indictment against Duane Nishiie, overruling a lower court.

The WSLA stops the clock on the statute of limitations for wartime fraud, property, and contract offenses until five years after hostilities cease.

Nishiie’s petition challenging the Ninth Circuit ruling should be denied because the case is in an “interlocutory posture” and not ready for review, U.S. Solicitor ...