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UNITED STATES v. FARRIS

Nos. 78-3517, 78-3567, 79-1013, 79-1015, 79-1313, 79-1337 and 79-1338.

624 F.2d 890 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold FARRIS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jody SATIACUM, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allen Dudley POWELL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis J. BAKER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray TURNIPSEED, Bertha Turnipseed, and MacKenzie Turnipseed, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David PAINTER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvyn LOCKWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Wambold, Ramon Escure, Geoffrey Cross, Tacoma, Wash., J. Hartly Newsum, Bellevue, Wash., Donald H. McGavick, Annon W. May, Tacoma, Wash., argued for defendants-appellants; Arthur Knodel, John O'Connell on brief.

Christine McKenna, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for the U. S.

Before BROWNING, CHOY and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied in Nos. 78-3517, 78-3567, 79-1013, 79-1015 and 79-1313 August 14, 1980.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants attack their convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 1955 on the ground that their large-scale gambling businesses on Indian trust land did not violate state law, and on other grounds. We affirm.

I. Background: The Law

Enacted as part of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. § 1955 reads in pertinent...

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