United States Seventh Circuit

Defendants' sentences for mail fraud and money laundering are vacated and remanded for resentencing to determine if their sentences should have been enhanced based on corruption to a "financial institution."

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2005
• Decided 09/01/2005
• Published 09/01/2005

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Bindi (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant., Michael B. Nash, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant., Franklin C. Cook, Freeport, IL, Michael B. Nash (argued), Chicago, IL, Alexander M. Salerno, Berwyn, IL, Alan M. Dershowitz (argued), Cambridge, MA, Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Dershowitz, Eiger & Adelson, New York, NY, Francis C. Lipuma (argued), Chicago, IL, Corey B. Rubenstein (argued), David J. Stetler, Stetler & Duffy, Francis C. Lipuma, R. Eugene Pincham, Jr., Chicago, IL, Stephen E. Eberhardt, Tinley Park, IL, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.