UNITED STATES v. THOMPSON

Nos. 81-5176, 81-5490 and 81-5495.

669 F.2d 1143 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Aubrey THOMPSON, Thomas Edward Sisk, Charles Frederick Taylor, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1982.

Rehearing Granted March 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry A. Martin, Haile & Martin, W. Gary Blackburn, Robert C. Watson, Nashville, Tenn., court appointed, for defendants-appellants.

Joe B. Brown, U. S. Atty., William M. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY and JONES, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendants-appellants, through motions in arrest of judgment following guilty pleas, raise the issue whether the office of the Governor of the State of Tennessee may be an "enterprise" under Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 922 (1970). This Title, one of twelve within the Act, is commonly known by the acronym RICO, from the chapter heading "Racketeer Influenced...

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