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UNITED STATES v. BROOKLIER

Nos. 80-5808, 80-7556.

685 F.2d 1162 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominick Phillip BROOKLIER, Samuel Orlando Sciortino, Louis Tom Dragna, Michael Rizzitello, Jack Locicero, Defendants, The Times Mirror Company, Publisher of the Los Angeles Times, and Gene Blake, Non-Party Appellants. The TIMES MIRROR COMPANY and Gene Blake, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, and Dominick Phillip Brooklier, et al., Real Parties.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Warren, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for Time Mirror Co.

Frank Gooch, Flint & MacKay, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus Hearst.

Michael D. Dempsey, Rogers & Wells, Los Angeles, Cal., for Newsweek, Assoc. Press.

Howard Gillingham, Los Angeles, Cal., for Brooklier, et al.

Alexander Williams, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for U. S. A.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, KENNEDY and HUG, Circuit Judges.

BROWNING, Chief Judge:

An indictment was returned charging a number of defendants with violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 — 1968. The indictment alleged defendants were members of a criminal enterprise known as "La Cosa Nostra" engaged in extorting money from dealers in pornographic material through violence and fear, and had committed other illegal acts, including murder, to prevent exposure...

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