Legal Opinion
United States v. Vignola
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 8, 1979No. Crim. Cr. 78-242PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Chief Judge.
The defendant, Louis Vignola, was appointed President Judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court in January 1974. On July 21, 1978, the Government filed a five-count indictment 1 charging Vignola with racketeering in violation of the “RICO” 2 statute, and with attempted tax evasion 3 and the filing of false federal income tax returns. 4 The defendant moved before trial to dismiss the RICO count (Count I) and to sever that count from the tax counts. After hearing oral argument we denied those motions.
During the trial a question arose as to the legality of…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- United States v. DarbySupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Perez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. ForsytheCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Lawlor v. LoeweSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Clarence E. Bennett v. Kenneth Berg, Dan R. Sandford, Jr. v. Kenneth BergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Milan Bagaric, Mile Markich, Ante Ljubas, Vinko Logarusic, Ranko Primorac, and Drago SudarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Keystone Insurance Company v. Houghton, Joseph, Houghton, Donna Livoy, Cassidy, John, Cassidy, Kathleen, Livoy, FrankCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Peter Angelilli, William Butler, Donald Irish, and Donald RibotskyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- In Re Catanella and EF Hutton and Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
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