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APPLICATION OF UNITED STATES

Nos. 77-1238, 77-1284.

563 F.2d 637 (1977)

Application of the UNITED STATES for an Order Authorizing the Interception of Oral Communications, Appellant. In re UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jervis S. Finney, U.S. Atty., and Daniel F. Goldstein, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for appellant.

Stephen H. Sachs, James A. Rothschild and Robert B. Levin, Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges, and FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge.

FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

Frustrated by their own inability to gather sufficient evidence to prosecute several individuals suspected of running a gambling operation in violation of Maryland law, local authorities requested the help of the FBI in late 1976. Until that time, the local probe had proceeded with the help of confidential informants, physical surveillance, a state court-approved wiretap and one instance of other electronic surveillance. It had reached...

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