Legal Opinion
John Serpico v. Laborers' International Union of North America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 16, 1996No. 96-1937, 96-1939PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
The Department of -Justice believes that the Laborers’ International Union of North America has been infiltrated by mobsters. In November 1994 the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the Department’s Criminal Division sent the Union a proposed complaint alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The Department threatened to file this complaint unless the Union swiftly made internal changes to curtail the influence of organized crime. After a flurry of negotiations, the Union’s General Executive Board threw in the…
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