UNITED STATES v. HOFFA

No. 63 CR 317.

273 F.Supp. 141 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. James R. HOFFA, Benjamin Dranow, Zachary A. Strate, Jr., S. George Burris, Abe I. Weinblatt, Calvin Kovens and Samuel Hyman, Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

September 22, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Page Moore, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the Government.

Maurice J. Walsh, Chicago, Ill., Morris A. Shenker, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant, Hoffa.

Richard E. Gorman, Chicago, Ill., for defendant, Burris.

Jacques M. Schiffer, Rockville Centre, for defendant, Weinblatt.

Charles A. Bellows, Harvey M. Silets, Chicago, Ill., for defendant, Kovens.

George F. Callaghan, Chicago, Ill., for defendant, Strate.

Frank Ragano, Tampa, Fla., for defendant, Dranow.


OPINION AND FINDINGS

AUSTIN, District Judge.

Following a trial by jury, defendants were found guilty in August 1964 of conspiracy and mail and wire fraud and on appeal these convictions were affirmed. United States v. Hoffa, et al., 367 F.2d 698 (C.A. 7, 1966). Thereafter, petitions for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States were filed. In response thereto, the Solicitor General, sua sponte,...

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