Legal Opinion
United States of America, Cross-Appellant v. Gregory Scott Bigelow, Vincent Lima, and Anthony W. Vaughan, Cross-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 30, 1990No. 89-2274, 89-2292, 89-2293, 89-2294PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Chief Judge.
Carl Sandburg once described Chicago as “Hog Butcher for the World,/ ... Stormy, husky, brawling,/City of the Big Shoulders.” 1 This case combines these elements with unfortunate results. Vincent L. Lima, a wholesale meat distributor, hired two rather large gentlemen, Anthony W., Vaughan and Gregory Scott Bigelow, to collect debts owed to Lima’s company. The strong-arm tactics employed by these collectors led to convictions of all three men for conspiracy to participate and the knowing participation in the use of extortionate means to collect extensions of credit, in…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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3Cited by53 opinions
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