Legal Opinion
United States v. Eddie Richardson, Carmen Tate, Rodney Palmer, Nate Hall, Stanley Westmoreland, Martell Lee, Sectric Curry, and Lennel Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 1998No. 95-3053, 95-3054, 96-2551, 96-2587, 96-2591, 96-2644, 96-2682 and 96-3197PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
It wasn’t Alice’s Restaurant, but starting in 1990, if it was crack you wanted, you could get it at Highway Beef, a stand at the comer of Gladys and Cicero on the west side of Chicago. During the late 1980’s, if it was heroin you wanted, you could get it two blocks away at the Courtway Building on Congress at Cicero. And all the dope came courtesy of a conspiracy involving members of a street gang with a charming name — the Undertaker Vice Lords. The gang operated around Cicero Avenue, near the point where it is bisected by the Eisenhower Expressway.
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2Cases cited32 opinions
- Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. Mason Townsend, Luis E. Diaz, Orlando Nunez, Dorothy Taylor, Carlos Mejia, Joseph Angel Claudio, and Isabel MarquezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Patrick Wayde Mealy and Lance B. SpottsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. James P. HickokCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Leon McAnderson Roosevelt Hawkins, Jeff Fort, Alan Knox and Reico CranshawCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- United States v. GibbsCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- United States v. Guy J. WestmorelandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Trevor Bjorkman, Paul Gunderson, Travis Fearing, Dennis Gunderson, and Joel HagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- United States v. McGarityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
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