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Limone v. United States

District Court, D. Massachusetts

Decided July 26, 2007No. Civ. Action 02cv10890-NGPublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: BENCH TRIAL

GERTNER, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION.151

II. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND.155

III. FACTFINDINGS.157

A. The FBI Program to “Get” La Cosa Nostra.159

1. Patriarca Wire.160

2. “Top Echelon Criminal Informant Program”.160

3. Significance of (1) and (2).161

B. The Boston FBI, the Flemmi Brothers and Barboza.161

1. Agents Rico and Condon.161

2. The Flemmi Brothers.163

a. Jimmy Flemmi .163

b. Stephen Flemmi .164

3. Using the Flemmi Brothers to Turn Barboza into a Witness.166

4. Rico and Condon Meet with Barboza.167

a. Meetings Before September 1967.167(1) March…

2Cases cited121 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Heck v. HumphreySupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. DESKOVIC v. City of PeekskillDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2009
  2. Limone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  3. Goddard v. KelleyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2009
  4. Litif v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2010
  5. Schaghticoke Tribal Nation v. KempthorneDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 2008

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