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UNITED STATES v. RUSSOTTI

No. 474, Docket 84-6298.

746 F.2d 945 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Samuel J. RUSSOTTI, Rene Piccarreto, Richard J. Marino, Thomas E. Marotta, Joseph R. Rossi, Anthony M. Colombo, Donald J. Paone, Joseph J. Trieste, Joseph L. Ladolce and John M. Trivigno, Defendants. In the Matter of Peter PECORA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry L. Jesserer, III, Rochester, N.Y. (Jesserer, Andolina & Lamb, Rochester, N.Y., on the brief), for appellant.

William C. Bryson, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Salvatore R. Martoche, U.S. Atty., Buffalo, N.Y., on the brief), for the U.S.

Before NEWMAN, CARDAMONE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Peter Pecora, a Rochester, New York, police officer, appeals from an order of the District Court for the Western District of New York (Thomas C. Platt, Judge, sitting by designation), adjudicating him in civil contempt and imposing a coercive fine for his refusal to obey the Court's direction to disclose the names of two informants. The contempt adjudication occurred during the course of a criminal trial that is currently in progress...

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