Ciminelli v. United States (598 U.S. 306)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided May 11, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 598 U.S. 306 · 143 S. Ct. 1121
- Decided
- May 11, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 598 U. S. Part 2 Pages 306–318 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT May 11, 2023 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus CIMINELLI v. UNITED STATES et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 21–1170. Argued November 28, 2022—Decided May 11, 2023 Petitioner Louis Ciminelli was convicted of federal wire fraud for his involvement in a scheme to rig the bid process for obtaining state- funded development projects associated with then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's Buffalo Billion initiative. The Buffalo Billion initia- tive was administered by the nonproft Fort Schuyler Management Cor- poration. Investigations uncovered that Fort Schuyler board member Alain Kaloyeros paid lobbyist Todd Howe $25,000 in state funds each month to ensure that the Cuomo administration gave Kaloyeros a promi- nent role in administering projects for Buffalo Billion. Ciminelli's con- struction company, LPCiminelli, paid Howe $100,000 to $180,000 each year to help it obtain state-funded jobs. In 2013, Howe and…
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