Punch and Jurists

Parr v. U.S., No. 391 (U.S. Supreme Court) (363 U.S. 370; 80 S.Ct. 1171) (June 13, 2060) (Justice Whittaker) by In this case, the Court found no violation of the mail-fraud statute based upon the "legally compelled mailing" doctrine. Here the alleged scheme was the misappropriation of school-district funds for …

U.S. v. Lake, No. 06-3140 (10th Cir.) (472 F.3d 1247) (January 5, 2007) (Judge Harris L. Hartz) by In this decision, a panel from the Tenth Circuit reversed the convictions of David Wittig and Douglas Lake, former executives of Westar, Inc., the largest public utility in Kansas, in what can …