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UNITED STATES v. ALEMAN

Nos. 78-1782, 78-1783.

609 F.2d 298 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry ALEMAN and Leonard Foresta, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Harris, Jenner & Block, Julius Lucius Echeles, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas P. Sullivan, U. S. Atty., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, BAUER, and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

The basic issue in this case is the applicability of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)1 to criminal activities which do not constitute the infiltration by organized crime of legitimate business. Defendants deny that the Act can be applied to a series of burglaries committed in two states by defendants who are not shown to be members of "organized crime" but also argue, in...

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