Louis Ciminelli, Petitioner v. United States

  1. May 11, 2023

    Supreme Court Reins In Corruption Prosecutions Yet Again

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again limited certain public corruption prosecutions, continuing with a line of decisions which have found that prosecutors and lower courts stretched federal fraud statutes beyond their intended scope.

  2. November 28, 2022

    High Court Seems Inclined To Again Curtail Corruption Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday seemed poised to again limit the government's ability to pursue certain public corruption cases and strike down a theory used to prosecute wire fraud, in two separate but related cases arising from the convictions of a top aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and a construction executive.

  3. June 30, 2022

    Justices To Mull Limits Of Fraud In NY 'Buffalo Billion' Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider whether private citizens who influence government decision-making can be convicted of honest-services fraud, taking up a case involving alleged bid-rigging by an aide to former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the state-funded "Buffalo Billion" projects.