U.S. v. YONKERS CONTRACTING CO., INC.

No. 87 Crim. 560 (WCC).

689 F.Supp. 339 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. YONKERS CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC., County Asphalt, Inc., Peckham Materials Corp., Westchester Colprovia Corporation, Putnam Asphalt Corp., Nigro Bros. Inc., Area Paving Corp., Edward J. Petrillo, Jr., Frank D. Cooney, Jr., William A. Bassett, Anthony B. Cahill, Peter Nigro, August Nigro, Matthew N. Mauriello, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph T. Giordano, Dept. of Justice, Chief, Antitrust Div., New York City (Rebecca Meiklejohn, Edward Friedman, Robert Einstein, Geoffrey Swaebe, Jr., Dept. of Justice, of counsel).

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C. (Rodney O. Thorson, of counsel), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City (Paul T. Denis, of counsel), for defendant Westchester Colprovia Corp.

Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Foley, New York City (Richard J. Kilsheimer, of counsel), for Civil plaintiff, the Town of New Castle, amicus curiae.

Berman, Paley, Goldstein & Berman, New York City (David R. Paley, of counsel), for defendant Yonkers Contracting Co., Inc.

Marchi Jaffe Steinberg Crystal Katz & Burke, New York City (David Jaffe, of counsel), for defendant County Asphalt, Inc.

Kelley Drye & Warren, New York City (Robert E. Crotty, of counsel), for defendant Peckham Materials Corp.

Scopetta & Seiff, New York City (Eric A. Seiff, of counsel), for defendant Putnam Asphalt Corp., Anthony B. Cahill.

Loeb and Loeb, New York City (Harry First, of counsel), for defendants Nigro Bros. Inc., Peter Nigro and August Nigro.

Santangelo, Santangelo & Cohen, New York City (Michael L. Santangelo, of counsel), for defendants Area Paving Corp. and Matthew N. Mauriello.

Baden Kramer Huffman & Brodsky, P.C., New York City (William M. Brodsky, of counsel), for defendant Edward J. Petrillo, Jr.

Ross & Hardies, Washington, D.C. (Myles J. Ambrose, of counsel), for defendant Frank D. Cooney, Jr.

Dunnells, Duvall, Bennett & Porter, Washington, D.C. (Robert S. Bennett, of counsel), for defendant William A. Bassett.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge.

Defendant Westchester Colprovia Corporation has moved pursuant to Rule 11(b), Fed.R.Crim.P., for leave to withdraw its plea of not guilty and enter a plea of nolo contendre. For the reasons set forth below, defendant's motion is granted.

Background

The indictment in this case charges defendants with a conspiracy to rig bids for the sale of asphalt and for asphalt paving...

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