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UNITED STATES v. WEISS

No. 78-5491.

599 F.2d 730 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell WEISS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, Ga., Robert Lee Cook, Sr., Summerville, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

James M. Deichert, Sp. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 19, 1979.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

Russell Weiss, the manager of a nightclub in Atlanta, Georgia, was considered a "small fish in an ocean of whales" in the alleged involvement of organized crime with the Atlanta nightclub industry. This case concerns efforts by the Atlanta offices of the Justice Department's Organized Crime Strike Force (Strike Force) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to catch Weiss and...

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