Legal Opinion
United States v. Lavin
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 16, 1981No. 80 CR 517PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
MORAN, District Judge.
In the present case the United States has charged nine 1 defendants with, inter alia, violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. 2 The indictment arises out of an alleged conspiracy at the Cook County Board of [Tax] Appeals. In Count 1, the RICO count, defendants Thomas Lavin and Donald Erskine, Deputy Commissioners of the Board, are alleged to have taken bribes from certain taxpayers in return for fraudulently disposing of the taxpayers complaints…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Opper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Wong Tai v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- United States v. Theodore J. Isaacs and Otto Kerner, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Daniel P. GlecierCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. PersicoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Adair v. Hunt International Resources Corp.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
- United States v. BiaggiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- United States v. ShoherDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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