UNITED STATES v. ROBERTS

Nos. 72-1514, 72-1637, 72-1729 and 72-1799.

477 F.2d 57 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Jack ROBERTS et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Charles Bishop SMITH et al., Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Jerome LEAVITT and Norman Shabas, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael POSNER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., William T. Huyck, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., John J. Robinson, Appellate Section, Crim.Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Gerald M. Werksman, William J. Stevens, Chicago, Ill., Thomas L. Robinson, Memphis, Tenn., Andrew A. Bucci, Providence, R. I., Michael B. Nash, J. Dillon Hoey, Barry J. Freeman, Nicholas M. Karzen, Jerome Rotenberg, Richard B. Caifano, Barry Goodman, Edward M. Genson, Richard H. Devine, Chicago, Ill., for Roberts, and others.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, and KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

These appeals involve the question whether motions to suppress the content of intercepted telephone communications should have been granted in these four cases. Numerous persons were indicted for conducting an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955 and making related interstate telephone calls in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1952.1 The defendants filed motions to suppress evidence obtained by court...

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