UNITED STATES v. KOPITUK

No. 80-5025.

690 F.2d 1289 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dorothy O. KOPITUK, Raymond C. Kopituk, Oscar Morales, Fred R. Field, Jr., Cleveland Turner, James Vanderwyde, Landon L. Williams, William Boyle, George Barone, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 4, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Michael Levin, Sp. Atty., John F. Evans, Alexander S. White, Attys., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Miami, Fla., William C. Bryson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for U. S.

Leib & Martinez, Karl J. Leib, Jr., Coral Gables, Fla., for Kopituks & Morales.

Kogen & Kogan, Geoffrey C. Fleck, Loren H. Cohen, Miami, Fla., for Field.

Flynn, Rubio & Tarkoff, Michael H. Tarkoff, Miami, Fla., for Turner.

Varon & Stahl, Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, Fla., for Vanderwyde.

Mahon, Mahon & Farley, Lacy Mahon, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., for Williams.

Michael A. Masin, Richard M. Gale, Miami, Fla., for Boyle.

Rosen & Rosen, E. David Rosen, Miami, Fla., for Barone.

Before HILL and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and SCOTT, District Judge.


CHARLES R. SCOTT, District Judge:

Appellants, waterfront union officials and employers, were convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on numerous charges arising from their participation in a widespread pattern of corruption aimed at securing control of the business activity at several major ports in the Southeastern United States. The evidence adduced at the seven-month trial1 revealed an extensive...

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