Legal Opinion
United States v. Nick Boulahanis and Donald Scalise
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 6, 1982No. 81-1405PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Nick Boulahanis and Donald Scalise appeal from their conviction on one count of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 894 (extortionate collection of extensions of credit).
Nick Velentzas owned the Hellenic Social Club in Chicago. Men, mostly of Greek extraction, would come there to talk, drink coffee, play cards, and shoot dice — and gamble. One night the appellants showed up in the company of Frank Renella. They proceeded to beat up Velentzas, and one of the appellants also smashed a lot of furniture. Velentzas went the next…
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