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United States v. David Weimert

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 8, 2016No. 15-2453PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

In the midst of the 2008-09 financial crisis, a Wisconsin bank called Anchor-Bank was struggling to stay above water. Under pressure to find cash to pay its own lenders, the bank’s president told vice president David Weimert to try to sell the bank’s share-in a commercial real estate development in Texas. Weimert, who is the defendant and appellant in this criminal wire fraud case, successfully arranged a sale that exceeded the bank’s target price by about one third. The deal also relieved the bank of a liability of twice the sale price.

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2Cases cited50 opinions

  1. Neder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  2. McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Skilling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated BankSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  5. Durland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896

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3Cited by44 opinions

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  3. United States v. Eric BloomCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2017
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