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UNITED STATES v. BROOKLIER

Nos. 81-1045 to 81-1049.

685 F.2d 1208 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominic Phillip BROOKLIER, Samuel Orlando Sciortino, Louis Tom Dragna, Michael Rizzitello, and Jack Locicero, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 3, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 1, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony P. Brooklier, Marks & Brooklier, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Brooklier.

Donald B. Marks, Marks & Brooklier, Beverly Hills, Cal., for Sciortino.

Donald Re, Weitzman, Fidler & Re, Los Angeles, Cal., for Dragna.

Howard W. Gillingham, Los Angeles, Cal., for Rizzitello.

Terry Amdur, Pasadena, Cal., for Locicer.

James D. Henderson, Sp. Atty., Los Angeles, argued, for plaintiff-appellee; Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before KENNEDY and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 1, 1982.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants are members of La Cosa Nostra, a secret national organization engaged in a wide range of racketeering activities, including murder, extortion, gambling, and loansharking. They appeal their convictions for violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 and the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1951(a) and 2.

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