Legal Opinion
United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Walter J. Butler, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 17, 1992No. 395, 516, Dockets 91-1191, 91-1239PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
A grand jury in the Northern District of New York indicted Walter J. Butler, a union official and trustee of several employee benefit funds, for various financial improprieties. Butler was convicted, after a jury trial, on four counts in the indictment: racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (RICO)); causing false representations to be made in ERISA documents (18 U.S.C. § 1027); embezzlement of union funds (29 U.S.C. § 501(c)); and mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341). The jury, however, acquitted Butler on the remaining six counts in the indictment. The district court for the…
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