Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas E. Keane
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1975No. 74-1979PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal seeks review of the conviction of Thomas E. Keane, former Aider-man of Chicago’s Thirty-First Ward and Chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Finance, for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (mail fraud) 1 and 18 U.S.C. § 371 (conspiracy). 2
I
On May 2, 1974, a 21-count indictment was returned against the defendant Keane. The indictment alleged a mail fraud scheme in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 in which Keane would purchase through nominees, in some cases with advance information, tax delinquent properties at the Cook County scavenger sale in 1966; that…
2Cases cited71 opinions
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3Cited by136 opinions
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