U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey, who will oversee the Madigan trial, is viewed as well-suited for complex RICO cases even apart from...
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The Chicago Mafia. The Gambino family. The Lucchese family. These notorious groups dominated organized crime in Chicago and New York for...
3 weeks ago

Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover's request for release...
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Fed judge again quickly tosses suit accusing IL judges of working together to squelch criticism. State Court John Robert Blakey.
2 months ago

U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey ordered both sides Thursday to confer on the issues and report back to him by July 8.
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Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey is a recognized expert on organized crime and an authority on the JFK assassination. He is the author of the 1981...
83 months ago

The public corruption trial of Illinois' longest-serving speaker of the House was postponed six months while a federal judge waits for a US Supreme Court...
9 months ago

A federal judge on Wednesday granted a six month delay in former Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan's corruption trial.
9 months ago

Harry Leroy Blakey Sr., 80, of Pottstown, passed away on April 25, 2013 in the Pottstown Memorial Medical Center.
4 months ago

Robert Winfield Blakey, 92, of Harrisonburg, Va., passed away peacefully on October 7, 2023, at home surrounded by loved ones.
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