U.S. v. KRAMER

Nos. 88-3444 to 88-3446, 89-1025 and 89-2752.

955 F.2d 479 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benjamin Barry KRAMER, Randy Thomas Lanier, Eugene Albert Fischer, and Kay Dee Bell, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 30, 1992.

As Amended February 4, 1992.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing April 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Coleman, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Crim. Div., Fairview Heights, Ill., Michael C. Carr, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Benton, Ill., for U.S.

Mary C. Bonner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Richard O. Hart, Hart & Hart, Benton, Ill., Albert J. Krieger (argued), Susan W. Van-Dusen, Miami, Fla., Robert A. Drew, Marion, Ill., J. David Bogenschutz, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Benjamin B. Kramer.

Nathan P. Diamond (argued), Miami, Fla., Robert I. Kalina (argued), Edward M. Chikofsky (of counsel), New York City, for Eugene A. Fischer.

Michael Stepanian, Joseph J. Wiseman, San Francisco, Cal., Burton H. Shostak (argued), D.J. Kerns, Moline, Ottsen, Mauzé, Leggat & Shostak, St. Louis, Mo., for Kay D. Bell, Jr.

Jack Carey, Belleville, Ill., Joseph Beeler, Miami, Fla., Robert W. Ritchie (argued), W. Thomas Dillard, David M. Eldridge, Ritchie, Fels & Dillard, Knoxville, Tenn., for Randy T. Lanier.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc April 14, 1992.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Randy Thomas Lanier was a rising star on the auto-racing circuit in the early 1980's; indeed, in 1985, he was the rookie of the year at the Indianapolis 500. Lanier apparently did not regard auto racing as a full-time job. Together with appellants Benjamin Barry Kramer, and Eugene Albert Fischer, he directed a vast enterprise which imported several hundred...

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