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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Jon Seidel

Judge in Ed Burke’s criminal case tells lawyers ‘stay tuned’ after crucial hearing on evidence

Ald. Ed Burke speaks at a City Council meeting in October. He faced a critical court hearing in his corruption case on Tuesday as his attorneys tried to get a federal judge to toss key evidence against him. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file

The federal judge presiding over Ald. Edward M. Burke’s racketeering case told lawyers he would deliver a “really long opinion . . . as soon as we can” on hundreds of pages of motions following oral arguments in the case Tuesday.

It’s unclear how soon that crucial opinion might arrive, though, as U.S. District Judge Robert Dow also told them, “don’t be shocked if you get another request to come back.”

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