United States v. Sten Thordarson, Martin Fry, Craig Dunbar, Martin Salgado, and Charles Wise

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

The government appeals from a district court order dismissing a ten-count indict*1325ment charging defendants with violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(d), 1952, and 844(i), and 29 U.S.C. § 501(c). This court has jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731. We reverse.

I. Facts

In 1978, the employees of the Redman Moving and Storage Company of Thousand Oaks, California, elected Teamsters Local 186 as their bargaining agent. When Red-man refused to recognize the union, Local 186, aided by Teamsters, Local 389, called a strike against the company. During the time of the strike, Redman trucks in…