UNITED STATES v. CERILLI

Nos. 78-2105 to 78-2107 and 78-2439.

603 F.2d 415 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America v. Egidio CERILLI, Appellant in No. 78-2105. Maylan Yackovich, Appellant in No. 78-2106. John Shurina, Appellant in No. 78-2107. Ralph Buffone, Appellant in No. 78-2439.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rogers Carroll (argued), Peter Goldberger, Carroll, Creamer, Carroll & Duffy, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellants Cerilli, Yackovich and Shurina.

William F. Manifesto, Manifesto, Doherty, Love & Talarico, P. C., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant Buffone.

Robert J. Cindrich, U. S. Atty., Daniel H. Shapira (argued), Faye M. Gardner, James J. West, Asst. U. S. Attys., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT, ADAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In recent years, much attention has been paid on the national level to the methods by which political parties finance their partisan activities and by which political leaders choose individuals for certain high-ranking positions. This case involves the relationship, on a local level, between the financing of political parties and the choice of individuals for certain not-so-high-ranking but sometimes...

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