Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lavelle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 9, 1989No. 2928 and 3129PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McEWEN, Judge:
These consolidated appeals were undertaken from the judgments of sentence imposed upon appellants, William A. Lavelle, III, 1 and Lavco, Inc., 2 after the trial court, sitting without a jury, found each of them guilty of violations of the corrupt organizations statute, 18 Pa.C.S. § 911. 3
The able opinion of the distinguished President Judge Edwin M. Kosik provides an apt summary of the facts giving rise to the prosecution of appellants:
The trial developed that defendant Lavelle was President of Control Sanitation Corporation which engaged in the collection and disposal of…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Haroco, Inc. v. American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, Walter E. Heller International Corporation, & Ronald J. GrayheckCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- American Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago v. Haroco, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Cullen v. MargiottaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Turner v. Bituminous Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Moran v. G. & W.H. Corson, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Continental Insurance Co. v. Schneider, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Fiber-Lite Corp. v. Molded Acoustical Products of Easton, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
- Chrysler Corp. v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1997
- Fizzano Brothers Concrete Products, Inc. v. XLN, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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