The Impact on Criminal Tax Cases Following the Supreme Court’s Holding that Criminal Statute Mens Rea Requirement Means What It Says by Robert S. Horwitz
Posted by Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez P.C. 
Posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2025
On March 21, 2025, the Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Thompson v. United States, 604 U.S. ___, a case interpreting 18 USC §1014, making false statements for purposes of influencing certain financial institutions. The defendant in the case is Patrick Thompson. The Court’s opinion does not talk about who Thompson is. He was a Chicago alderman from Bridgeport, the South Side home turf of Mayor Richard J. Daley and his son, Mayor Richard M. Daley. Thompson’s middle name is Daley, and he is the grandson of the original Mayor Daley and the nephew of the second Mayor Daley.
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