UNITED STATES v. DeCASTRIS

No. 85-3135.

798 F.2d 261 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James W. DeCASTRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas A. DeJohn, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Steven A. Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A former Chicago police officer collected disability benefits while working full time. For more than two years he mailed monthly affidavits representing that he had not "resume[d] employment for compensation while in receipt of disability benefit". One who "resumes" employment (in the language of the affidavit) or "assumes" employment (in the language of the state statute, Ill.Rev.Stat.ch. 108½, § 5-157) has his disability benefits...

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