Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Ambrose
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 17, 1984No. 83-1213 to 83-1221, 83-1291PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Ten former Chicago policemen — the “Marquette 10” as they came to be called in the course of their celebrated three-month trial — appeal from their convictions for protecting narcotics dealers in Chicago’s Marquette district. The evidence, the sufficiency of which the defendants do not contest, shows that for more than three years the defendants protected two large drug distributorships in exchange for money and goods. They not only failed to arrest the distributors or their employees; they warned the distributors of impending raids by honest policemen, ignored many…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by53 opinions
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