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UNITED STATES v. LEE STOLLER ENTERPRISES, INC.

Nos. 79-1632, 79-1633 and 80-1479.

652 F.2d 1313 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEE STOLLER ENTERPRISES, INC., Lee Stoller, John M. Cooper, and John Maeras, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Costello, Springfield, Ill., H. Carl Runge, Collinsville, Ill., Bruce N. Cook, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Gerald D. Fines, U.S. Atty., Thomas W. Turner, John C. Carver, Asst. U.S. Attys., Springfield, Ill., S. Cass Weiland, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, CUMMINGS, PELL, SPRECHER, BAUER and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal, from convictions on multiple counts of an indictment, presents issues arising from prosecutions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Statute ("RICO"); particularly whether a public entity, such as here the office of County Sheriff, can be a RICO "enterprise".

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The defendant John Maeras was the Sheriff of Madison County, Illinois, from December,...

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