Legal Opinion
United States v. Rigas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 5, 2009No. Docket 08-3485-cr (L), 08-3500-cr (CON), 08-3592-cr (CON), 08-3597-cr (CON)PublishedCited by 290 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
We consider several challenges to the trial and sentencing of John J. Rigas, the former CEO of Adelphia Communications Corp. (“Adelphia”), and his son Timothy J. Rigas, Adelphia’s former CFO (together, the “Rigases”), including the Rigases’ claims that their sentences were procedurally and substantively unreasonable.
BACKGROUND
The history of massive corporate fraud that forms the background of these proceedings has been set forth exhaustively in United States v. Rigas, 490 F.3d 208, 212-19 (2d Cir.2007). We supply here only a brief summary of the relevant…
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