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Guccione v. United States

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided September 10, 1987No. 85 Civ. 3333 (CBM)PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOTLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Robert C. Guccione has brought this lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1346(b), for injuries he allegedly sustained during the course of the FBI’s highly publicized ABSCAM investigation of government corruption in the late 1970’s. Guccione is a well known magazine publisher and entertainment entrepreneur. He claims that his attempts to obtain financing for a contemplated Atlantic City, New Jersey casino were obstructed by the malicious and intentionally tortious conduct of an ill supervised FBI operative, Melvin Weinberg, thus…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. KubrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. United States v. OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. United States v. MunizSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Logue v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Kronisch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
  2. Kronisch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1998
  3. Andrew Chen and Chen Printing and Supply Co., Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  4. Robert C. Guccione v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  5. Zimmerman v. Poly Prep Country Day SchoolDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2012

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