Legal Opinion
United States v. Russell Weiss
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1979No. 78-5491PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:
Russell Weiss, the manager of a nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia, was considered a “small fish in an ocean of whales” in the alleged involvement of organized crime with the Atlanta nightclub industry. This case concerns efforts by the Atlanta offices of the Justice Department’s Organized Crime Strike Force (Strike Force) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to catch Weiss and in turn use him as bait for the whales. Weiss protests that the government’s tactics in hooking him and reeling him in warrant reversal of his convictions for unlawfully receiving a firearm as a…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- United States v. John Weaver, Thomas D. SikesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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