Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Arvanitis, Stanley Peters, John Yannakis, Perikles Panagiotaros, and Robert Richards
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 1990No. 88-2319, 88-2321, 88-2546, 88-2890 and 88-2891PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
On July 13, 1987, a United States Grand Jury sitting in the Northern District of Illinois returned a twenty-eight count indictment against eleven defendants for their participation in a worldwide arson and extortion ring. Thereafter, the grand jury returned a superseding indictment on February 1, 1988. The superseding indictment alleged that Peter Arvanitis, Perikles Pana-giotaros, Robert Richards and Peter Leven-topoulos directed the activities of a racketeering enterprise (“the enterprise” or “the RICO enterprise”) engaged in the business of performing contract bombings…
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- Bourjaily v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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