Legal Opinion
United States v. Palmeri
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 3, 1980No. Nos. 79-2147 to 79-2150 and 79-2424PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals from a jury verdict of conviction present a number of questions for consideration. The first issue concerns the proper scope of 18 U.S.C. § 1954, which proscribes the receipt of kickbacks and other illegitimate benefits by persons associated with employee benefit plans. The second issue is whether the district court failed to distinguish transactions involving money covered by § 1954 from transactions involving money not covered by that section. Third, we must determine whether the court erred in submitting special…
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