UNITED STATES v. FORSYTHE

Nos. 77-1400 to 77-1405, 77-1437, 77-1598 and 77-1605 to 77-1606.

560 F.2d 1127 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. FORSYTHE, Robert E., Franciscus, Charles J., Blaskovich, John J., France, Edward J., Prosser, Edwin F., Snee, Edward T., Joyce, Thomas, Shanta, Michael, Thompson, George B., Mussman, John L., Alcorn, Carl W. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. MEYERS, Sam, Meyers, Gus, Levitt, Stephen C., Mazzei, Frank, Isaac, Michael C., Gross, Arthur a/k/a "Red", Weber, Walter, Galack, Marvin.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rogers Carroll, Carroll, Creamer & Carroll, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Blair A. Griffith, U. S. Atty., James E. Roark, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Jeffrey A. Manning, James J. West, Asst. U. S. Attys., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

William M. Acker, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Alcorn.

Jon C. Botula, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Prosser.

Thomas A. Livingston, Livingston, Miller, O'Malley & Clark, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Forsythe, McCann, Morgan, Downey, Kumer, Bruno, Nairn.

James K. O'Malley, Livingston, Miller, O'Malley & Clark, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Graham, Gus Meyers and Sam Meyers.

Robert J. Cindrich, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Levitt.

Michael A. Litman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Galack.

Bernard Markovitz, Markovitz & Vitti, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Pantone.

Stanley W. Greenfield, and John W. Murtagh, Jr., Greenfield & Minsky, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Chesnos, Chapas, Biondi and Romano.

Robert C. Hillen, Adams, Hillen & Shoemaker, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Crawshaw and Trosky.

George W. Shields, Shields & Washington, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Wasko and Haney.

John H. Pope, David L. Lichtenstein, P. C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Chandler.

Richard H. Martin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Herman and Smith.

Stephen A. Zappala, Zappala & Zappala, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee DuPree.

Ronald A. Berlin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Esterberg.

Richard D. Gilardi, Gilardi & Cooper, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Cashdollar.

Joseph M. Ludwig, Ludwig & Achman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Keisling.

David O'Hanesian, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Mysels.

Vincent C. Murovich, Jr., Murovich, Reale & Fossee, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Edkins.

John F. Cambest, Zappala & Zappala, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Hieronimus.

Felix J. DeGuilio, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee DiLucenti.

Jan C. Swensen, Scott, Swensen & Scott, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Barbour.

William F. Manifesto, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Sheffler.

Byrd R. Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Owens, Goods, Whiting and Williams.

B. L. McGinley, Fisher & McGinley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee McClendon.

Wendell G. Freeland, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Johnson.

Harry Caplan, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Bryant.

R. Mark Hunter, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Moore.

Carl M. Janavitz, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Zanella and Phillips.

Joseph G. Kanfoush, Janavitz, Janavitz & Kanfoush, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Gillingham.

Thomas D. MacMullan, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Baehr.

Emilio P. Fastuca, Tobias, Viola & Fastuca, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Regrut.

John A. Knorr, Lewis & Stockey, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Herman.

James A. Villanova, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Adams.

Anton W. Bigman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Cicco.

Saul Davis, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee Batkins.

Joseph J. Pass, Jr., Jubelirer, McKay, Pass & Intrieri, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee LaQuinta.

Before ADAMS, VAN DUSEN and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a district court order suppressing evidence obtained from a search conducted pursuant to warrant and dismissing indictments against sixty-nine out of a total of seventy-one defendants charged with conspiracy and substantive violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, Chapter 96 of Title 18 U.S.C. §...

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