Legal Opinion
United States v. John Cody
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 28, 1983No. 1211, 1609, Dockets 82-1428, 83-1100PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
The leader of a local Teamsters union appeals his conviction on charges based upon unlawful schemes he devised while serving as president of his local and trustee of its pension fund. The proof shows that he engaged in these schemes to enrich himself by means of extortion and kickbacks and through acceptance of valuable services from corporations that employed rank and file members of his local. A union representative is a fiduciary who may not feather his own nest at the same time he is supposed to be serving the union membership. As the facts of this case…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Allied Chemical & Alkali Workers of America, Local Union No. 1 v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by44 opinions
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