UNITED STATES v. LAVIN

No. 80 CR 517.

504 F.Supp. 1356 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Thomas LAVIN, Donald Erskine, Stanley Balodimas, Vincent Battista, Bartley Burns, Laurence Kelly, Kenneth Valerugo, and John Vandenbergh, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

January 16, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Senderowitz, John F. Podliska, Scott Lassar, Asst. U. S. Attys., for the United States.

George Murtaugh, Jr., Coghlan, Joyce & Nellis, Anthony P. Pacelli, James N. Vail, George C. Rantis, Chicago, Ill., William O'Malley, O'Malley, Royce & Hopkins, David M. Hartigan, Hartigan & Ward, Joseph Lamendella, Betar & Lamendella, Chicago, Ill., Sam Amirante, McLennon, Nelson, Gabriele & Nudo, Park Ridge, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, District Judge.

In the present case the United States has charged nine1 defendants with, inter alia, violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., and mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341.2 The indictment arises out of an alleged conspiracy at the Cook County Board of [Tax] Appeals. In Count 1, the...

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