UNITED STATES v. HOFFA

No. 16634.

402 F.2d 380 (1968)

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

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Silets, Richard E. Gorman, Maurice J. Walsh, Chicago, Ill., Morris A. Shenker, St. Louis, Mo., Frank Ragano, Tampa, Fla., George F. Callaghan, Chicago, Ill., Jacques M. Schiffer, Long Island, N. Y., Raymond E. LaPorte, Tampa, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas A. Foran, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Jerome M. Feit, Dept. of Justice, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Beatrice Rosenberg, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee; Michael T. Epstein, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before CASTLE, Chief Judge, DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge and SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.


DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

In August 1964, following a jury trial, defendants were found guilty on various counts contained in an indictment charging them with wire and mail fraud in the procurement of loans from the Teamsters Union Pension Fund, and of conspiracy to commit the substantive offenses stated. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, 371. This Court, one judge dissenting, affirmed the convictions. United States of America v. Hoffa et al., 7 Cir., ...

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