Pinckard v. Pinckard

overwhelming evidence that victim would lose its position as town and county insurance broker if payments not met | "The prohibition against schemes or artifices to defraud is properly interpreted to be independent of the clause 'for obtaining money or property.' " | "The prohibition against schemes or artifices to defraud is properly interpreted to be independent of the clause 'for obtaining money or property.' ” | “the concepts of reliance, and de facto control and dominance ... are at the heart of fiduciary duty” | ballot initiative banning storage of radioactive waste generated out of state and transportation of such waste to disposal sites within the state | conduct charged in mail fraud indictment was within power of government to proscribe and application of statute in this case would not deter protected political activities in other contexts | mail fraud indictment for political corruption will not chill legitimate political associational activities protected by first amendment | mail fraud indictment for political corruption will not chill legitimate political associational activities protected by first amendment | conduct charged in mail fraud indictment was within power of government to proscribe and application of statute in this case would not deter protected political activities in other contexts | “The broad language of the statute ... is not unconstitutionally vague because [the statute] contains the requirement that the defendant must have acted willfully and with a specific intent to defraud.” | rights of citizens to have government conducted honestly and free from corruption and fraud | rights of citizens to have government conducted honestly and free from corruption and fraud | de facto leader of local government owed fiduciary duty to local citizenry | de facto leader of local government owed fiduciary duty to local citizenry | right to have affairs of local government conducted honestly | the fraud there generated a “slush fund” | upholding mail fraud conviction for political corruption | characteristics of a fiduciary relationship