The U.S. Supreme Court announced Friday it will hear an appeal from convicted former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, signaling more close scrutiny of federal prosecutions in Chicago and across the ...

Six months after his release from federal prison, former Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson could be in hot water again after court probation officials accused him of failing to pay restitution for ...

The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a Chicago political scion in his criminal appeal Friday, agreeing an anti-corruption law barring lying to regulators only covers false statements, not ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with former Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, finding that a law he’d been convicted under outlaws false statements but not misleading ones, as his attorneys ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned convictions on two counts in the case against former Chicago Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson and remanded the case back to the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it may send a Chicago political scion’s appeal of his conviction for lying to regulators back to a lower court to flesh out the difference between false and ...

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