Legal Opinion
United States v. Black
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 2008No. 07-4080, 08-1030, 08-1072, 08-1106PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
At the end of a four-month trial, the jury convicted the defendants of mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and Black in addition of obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c). The judge sentenced him to 78 months in prison, Atkinson and Boultbee to 24 and 27 months, and Kipnis to probation with six months of home detention.
The defendants were senior executives (Black was the CEO) of an American company called Hollinger International, which through subsidiaries owns a number of newspapers here and abroad. It was controlled by a Canadian…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Griffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- United States v. RiccobeneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
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