Sentences with phrase «federal appeals panels overturned»
Last year, federal appeals panels overturned convictions of two longtime power brokers, former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, dealing a potential blow to the legacy of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had earned a fearsome reputation around Albany.
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Last week, former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Lower Manhattan) escaped justice when a federal appeals panel overturned his conviction for accepting bribes and money - laundering.
Not exact matches
Former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam saw their federal corruption convictions overturned by a federal appeals court panel Tuesday.
The appeal court panel led by Yargata Nimpar overturned the ruling which was delivered by Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in 2015.
A five - man panel of the apex court led by Justice Tanko Muhammad unanimously affirmed the February 20, 2015, judgment of the Court of Appeal in Lagos which had overturned the Federal High Court's decision striking out the charges.
A Federal appeals panel yesterday unanimously overturned the fraud conviction of former Assembly Speaker Mel Miller of Brooklyn, agreeing that a tangled real - estate deal in which he and his former law partner netted $ 200,000 did not constitute a crime.
A three - judge panel in the Court of Appeals overturned the federal district court decision earlier this month.
On Thursday night, DOJ, in a pending labor dispute in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, offered a glimpse of legal arguments the government could make in asking the full D.C. Circuit to overturn the three - judge panel decision in Noel Canning v. NLRB.