Legal Opinion
United States v. Paul Bergrin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 15, 2012No. 11-4300, 11-4552PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
JORDAN, Circuit Judge.
Paul Bergrin, a former federal prosecutor and prominent defense attorney, was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey on numerous charges, including violations of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”). Reasoning that the RICO charges were inappropriate in light of “the disparate nature of the substantive crimes that ... serve[d] as the racketeering predicates,” the District Court dismissed them. United States v. Bergrin, 707 F.Supp.2d 503, 511 (D.N.J. 2010). The government appealed that…
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