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Supreme Court vacates Siegelman decision
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 29, 2010 01:42pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Larisa Alexandrovna |
| News Date | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 04:30:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a surprise decision Tuesday morning, the United States Supreme Court vacated an earlier ruling by a lower court in the case of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, who was convicted of bribery and honest services fraud in 2006 in a case that has widely been criticized as politically motivated.
The ruling was vacated in light of a ruling last week in the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling which partially struck down the so-called "honest services" fraud statute. On the heels of that decision, the Supreme Court issued a surprise ruling in the Siegelman case on Tuesday morning |
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