Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph R. Cosentino, Sr. And Robert H. Patterson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 1989No. 86-3090, 86-3098PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
We visit once more the issue of “intangible rights” raised by mail fraud cases in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350, 107 S.Ct. 2875, 97 L.Ed.2d 292 (1987). After a number of years during which the government successfully prosecuted defendants under the mail fraud statute for depriving people of “intangible rights,” the Supreme Court ruled in McNally that a deprivation of intangible rights alone could not support a conviction for mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. section 1341. Id. 107 S.Ct. at 2881 (“We read § 1341 as limited in…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. LaneSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Carpenter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas S. Ross and John ColloriCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. FrostCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
- Kurtis B. Borre v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
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