Legal Opinion
United States v. Bertram L. Podell
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 6, 1978No. 556, Docket 77-6107PublishedCited by 139 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Chief Judge:
Bertram L. Podell appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of the United States in the government’s action to impose a constructive trust on monies Podell received in breach of his fiduciary duty as a United States Congressman. We reject Po-dell’s argument, for the reasons we shall set forth, that his reluctance in acknowledging the clear implications of his guilty plea to charges that he violated, and conspired to violate, the federal conflict of interest statute 1 creates any material issues of fact. Moreover, we find meritless his contention that the…
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