Legal Opinion

United States v. Charles Fitzgerald, Alfred Kovach, Cornel Leahu, Charles W. Schubert, and Ernest Hamilton

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 31, 1978No. 77-1524, 77-1525, 77-1554, 77-1555 and 77-1563PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SOLOMON, Judge.

Appellants Fitzgerald, Schubert, Hamilton, Kovach, and Leahu were charged in Count 1 with a conspiracy to use the mails in furtherance of a scheme to defraud the East Chicago, Indiana, Board of Sanitary Commissioners (Board) and the citizens of the East Chicago Sanitary District (District). Other objects of the conspiracy were to obtain money and property through false representations and to use the facilities of interstate and foreign commerce to promote and carry on bribery contrary to Indiana law. Fitzgerald, Schubert, Hamilton, and Leahu were charged in Counts 2 to 6 with…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Blumenthal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. The United States of America v. Ralph T. Hickey, Frank J. Graves, Raymond J. Heiderscheidt, Joseph M. Kearns and James GravesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
  5. United States v. Fred Lacoy Smith and Woodrow Wilson Wallace, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. United States v. ReadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  2. United States v. Glenn WellmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  3. United States v. Juan Navarro, Andres Mugercia and Guillermo PerdomoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. Lamont B. Nelson and Delano C. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. Dennis Swingler, Jack E. Houser, Jr., Ralph W. Vicory, James D. Jahnke, Jerald W. Richardson, Larry Lee RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985

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