Legal Opinion
United States v. Earl Bush
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 31, 1989No. 89-1412PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Earl Bush was Press Secretary to Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago between 1955 and 1973. His tenure came to an unhappy end when reporters discovered that Bush was a principal in the firm that had the display advertising concession at O’Hare Airport. Bush did not disclose his role when his firm bid on the contract or when he filed a financial disclosure form the City required of senior employees. Mayor Daley fired Bush and the United States prosecuted him for mail fraud, using the “intangible rights” theory then being developed in the lower federal courts. See…
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