Legal Opinion
United States v. William Colacurcio, Jr., A/K/A Rick Colacurcio, Dinos Rallis, A/K/A Kanavaros Panayotis, and Theodoros G. Dimopoulas, A/K/A Teddy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 22, 1981No. 80-3063PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Appellants William Colacurcio, Jr., Dinos Rallis, and Theodoros G. DiMopoulas were involved in a gambling operation in the French Quarter in New Orleans. To avoid arrest, they bribed several police officers, all of whom were undercover agents posing as corrupt policemen. Appellants were indicted for conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), for committing a substantive RICO violation, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), and for conducting an illegal gambling operation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955. The jury returned…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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- Sanabria v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by28 opinions
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