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UNITED STATES v. NEAPOLITAN

Nos. 85-1899, 85-2131 to 85-2136.

791 F.2d 489 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert NEAPOLITAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas COVELLO, Sr., Ralph Mascio, Jr., Joseph W. Hlavach, Antoine A. Turner, Victor R. Meadows, and Clement A. Messino, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1986.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Dienner, III, Pierce, Lydon Griffin & Montana, Ronald J. Clark, Ellen G. Robinson, Burke, & Smith Chtd., Robert M. Stephenson, Cotsirilos & Crowley, Ltd. Shelia M. Murphy, Chicago, for defendant-appellant.

Sara Criscitelli, Sp. Counsel, OCR Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C., William R. Hogan, Asst. U.S. Atty., (Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty.), Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, POSNER, and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

These two unrelated cases have been united because they arise out of similar factual settings, auto theft rings in the Chicago area, and because they both pose the question of the scope of a conspiracy to violate the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). Through these appeals we become the latest in a string of circuits to struggle with what degree of relationship between the defendant and the...

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