Legal Opinion
United States v. Casimir Staszcuk
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 23, 1974No. 73-1869PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
In 1967 defendant was elected aider-man from the 13th ward in the City of Chicago. According to the evidence viewed in a light most favorable to the government, defendant accepted three payments of $3,000 each from a “zoning consultant,” Al C. Allen. Allen testified he made the payments on behalf of his clients in return for defendant’s agreement not to oppose their applications for zoning amendments relating to three pieces of property in the 13th ward.
Defendant was convicted by a jury on three counts of Hobbs Act violations,1 four counts of mail fraud,2 and two…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. MazeSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Cox v. Chesapeake & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Kann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Parr v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by75 opinions
- United States v. Al TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Kenneth O. BrownCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Clarence E. BraaschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Stephen Hathaway, United States of America v. Howard BaptistaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Thomas E. KeaneCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
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