Legal Opinion
United States v. Neapolitan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 16, 1986No. Nos. 85-1899, 85-2131 to 85-2136PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
These two unrelated cases have been united because they arise out of similar factual settings, auto theft rings in the Chicago area, and because they both pose the question of the scope of a conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). Through these appeals we become the latest in a string of circuits to struggle with what degree of relationship between the defendant and the alleged predicate criminal acts is sufficient to support a conviction for RICO conspiracy under § 1962(d). Based on the literal approach…
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