Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerome Genova, Lawrence Gulotta, and Jerome Stack
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2003No. 02-1602, 02-1650, 02-1914, 02-2053PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
After his election in 1993 as Mayor of Calumet City, Illinois, Jerome Genova appointed Lawrence Gulotta as City Prosecutor and arranged for his law firm, Gulotta & Kawanna, to get the lion’s share of the City’s legal business. Both a jury (with respect to Genova) and the judge (with respect to Gulotta, who elected a bench trial) concluded that Genova had a financial reason for this decision: Gulotta kicked back to Genova about 30% of all payments his firm received from the City. United States v. Genova, 167 F.Supp.2d 1021 (N.D.Ill.2001). Genova diverted public…
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