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U.S. v. SCIARRA

Nos. 88-5119, 88-5120.

851 F.2d 621 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America v. Michael SCIARRA and Joseph Sheridan, Petitioners, Honorable Harold A. Ackerman, Nominal Respondent. UNITED STATES of America v. LOCAL 560 OF the INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, CHAUFFEURS, WAREHOUSEMEN, AND HELPERS OF AMERICA, Salvatore Provenzano, President; Joseph Sheridan, Vice President; Josephine Provenzano Septembre, Secretary-Treasurer; J. W. Dildine, Recording Secretary; Thomas Reynolds, Sr., Trustee; Michael Sciarra, Trustee; Stanley Jaronko, Trustee; Trucking Employees of North Jersey Welfare Fund, Inc.; Salvatore Provenzano, Employee Trustee; Thomas Reynolds, Sr., Employee Trustee; Local 560 Officers and Employees Severance Pay Plan; Salvatore Provenzano, Trustee and Administrator; Josephine B. Septembre, Trustee and Administrator; Anthony Provenzano, Individually; Nunzio Provenzano, Individually; Stephen Andretta, Individually; Thomas Andretta, Individually; Gabriel Briguglio, Individually. Appeal of Michael SCIARRA and Joseph Sheridan, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Weissbard (argued), Weissbard & Wiewiorka, Alan L. Zegas (argued), West Orange, N.J., for petitioners.

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Atty., Jerome L. Merin (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Robert C. Stewart, Sp. Atty. in Charge, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Newark, N.J., for respondent.

Sidney Reitman, Bennet D. Zurofsky (argued), Reitman, Parsonnet, Maisel & Duggan, Newark, N.J., for Local 560, et al.

Before HUTCHINSON, SCIRICA, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied July 25, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This complex appeal presents several novel questions arising out of a federal district court's continuing efforts to purge Local 560 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters of a twenty-five year history of corruption and indignity. On December 17, 1987, the United States sought an order from Judge Harold A. Ackerman of the United States District...

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