Legal Opinion

United States v. Maxie Eldon Milton, Eugene L. Fowler, and Andrew Areaux, Defendants

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 5, 1977No. 75-4434PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Maxie Milton, Eugene Fowler, and Andrew Areaux were among eleven persons charged in January 1973 with conducting an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955. 1 Of the ten defendants convicted after a jury trial, Milton, Fowler and Areaux have filed this appeal. Fowler contends chiefly that the government failed to show that the bookmaking operation in which he concededly participated comprised five or more persons as required by § 1955(b)(1)(ii). Milton and Areaux contend solely that expert witnesses for the prosecution “invaded the province of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. James M. McCoyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. Robert Frederick Huff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  3. United States v. Jerome Dimuro, United States of America v. Roland Lung, United States of America v. Victor Santarpio, United States of America v. Joseph Doherty and Thomas HurleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. Steve Thomas, United States of America v. Frank Schullo and Anthony PetrangeloCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. John Joseph, Bryan Roberts, Milton Kothman, Victor Ganem, Richard DickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by67 opinions

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  2. David Owen v. Kerr-Mcgee Corporation and the Home Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. United States v. Leslie Fleishman, United States of America v. Peter Combs, United States of America v. Stephen GreenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
  4. United States v. Enrique EspinosaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. Angelo Fiataruolo, Angelo Veno v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993

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