Legal Opinion
United States v. John Ruppel
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1982No. 80-1962PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
On May 1, 1979, the appellant, John Ruppel, was named along with twenty-three others 1 in a multi-count indictment returned in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. The indictment outlined a scheme in which Ruppel and his coconspirators imported approximately 147,000 pounds of marijuana from Colombia into Texas and arranged for its distribution throughout the United States. The conspiracy involved the purchase of four shrimping vessels: Monkey, Jubilee, Bayou Blues, and Agnes Pauline. Using these vessels, the conspirators arranged for five…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Kentucky v. WhortonSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by92 opinions
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