Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas E. Keane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 17, 1988No. 87-3030PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Thomas E. Keane, once the Chairman of the Finance Committee of Chicago’s City Council, was convicted of mail fraud. The indictment, using the “intangible rights” theory minted in United States v. Isaacs, 493 F.2d 1124, 1149 (7th Cir.1974), charged that Keane defrauded the people of Chicago out of their right to his honest services. Keane was convicted in October 1974 and served his sentence between April 1976 and February 1978. He was released from parole in February 1980. The Supreme Court of Illinois restored his license to practice law in 1984, In re Keane, 102…
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