United States v. McGuinness

OPINION

ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge.

The indictment in this case charges Paschal McGuinness, president of the District Council of New York City and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (the “Carpenters’ Union”) and of its Local 608, with one count of conspiracy and four counts of substantive offenses. Count One of the indictment charges the defendant with conspiracy to violate Section 302 of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C. § 186 (the “Act”). The Act makes it unlawful, among other things, for an employer to give money or other thing of value “to any…