UNITED STATES v. YONKERS CONTRACTING COMPANY INC.

No. 87 Crim. 560 (WCC).

684 F.Supp. 386 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America 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.

April 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph T. Giordano, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Chief, Antitrust Div., New York City (Rebecca Meiklejohn, Geoffrey Swaebe, Jr., Robert Einstein, Attys., Dept. of Justice, of counsel), for U.S.

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

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

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C., for defendant Westchester Colprovia Corp.; Rodney O. Thorson, of counsel.

Scopetta & Seiff, New York City, for defendants Putnam Asphalt Corp., Anthony B. Cahill; Eric A. Seiff, of counsel.

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

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

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

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

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


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge.

Defendants, paving contractors in Westchester County, New York, have moved to dismiss the indictment in this case on the ground that the Southern District jury plan, followed in selecting the grand jury which returned the indictment, does not achieve proportionate representation of races and national origins. Specifically, defendants maintain that since the Southern District jury pool is drawn from voter...

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