United States v. Otto Kerner, Jr., Appeal of Estate of Otto Kerner, Jr. And Its Anton J.C. Kerner

MANION, Circuit Judge.

Anton J.C. Kerner, executor of the estate of his father Otto Kerner, Jr., seeks a writ of error coram nobis to vacate his father’s 1973 convictions for mail fraud, conspiracy, tax evasion and perjury. The estate also seeks return of approximately $90,000 in fines and judgments it claims were wrongfully paid because of the convictions. The district court denied relief under this court’s holding in United States v. Keane, 852 F.2d 199 (7th Cir.1988), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 109 S.Ct. 2109, 104 L.Ed.2d 670 (1989). Kerner’s estate argues that we should repudiate Keane. While…