Legal Opinion
United States v. Dorfman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 1, 1982No. Nos. 82-2489, 82-2520PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The appellants in No. 82-2489 are five persons charged with various federal crimes arising out of an alleged scheme to defraud a union’s pension fund. Their trial is to begin in a few days. As part of the investigation that led to their indictment the government engaged in wide-ranging wiretapping for more than a year. Hundreds of persons’ telephone conversations were intercepted, yielding more than 2000 reels of taped conversations. The defendants moved under 18 U.S.C. § 2518(10)(a), a part of Title III of the Federal Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by55 opinions
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