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United States v. Gary Solomon

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided June 5, 2018No. 17-1747PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wood, Chief Judge.

Hard as it may try, Chicago has not yet managed to shake free from the scourge of public corruption. Gary Solomon, Thomas Vranas, and Barbara Byrd-Bennett have added another chapter to this inglorious history. As CEO of the Chicago Public *275 Schools (CPS), Byrd-Bennett worked behind the scenes to assure that two companies headed by Solomon and Vranas would receive lucrative contracts. In exchange, Solomon and Vranas agreed that they would pay Byrd-Bennett a percentage of the revenue generated by those contracts when she came to work for them at the end of her tenure with CPS.…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2007
  2. United States v. Nick S. BoscarinoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
  3. United States v. LiddellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  4. United States v. DurhamCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
  5. United States v. StathamCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009

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3Cited by62 opinions

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  2. United States v. Jesse PenningtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018
  3. United States v. PatelCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  4. United States v. Shawn DewittCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2019
  5. United States v. David BridgewaterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020

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