U.S. v. LEVASSEUR

Nos. 88-1198, 88-1284.

846 F.2d 786 (1988)

UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Raymond Luc LEVASSEUR, a/k/a John, Jack, Jake and George, et al., Defendants, Appellees. UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. Raymond Luc LEVASSEUR, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Loucks, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., William D. Braun, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., David L. Douglass, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Frank L. McNamara, Jr., U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., on brief, for appellant.

Peter J. Avenia and Gombiner & Avenia, New York City, on brief for defendant, appellee, Raymond Luc Levasseur.

Linda J. Thompson, and Thompson, Thompson & Jacobson, Springfield, Mass., on brief, for defendant, appellee, Barbara Curzi-Laaman.

Elizabeth M. Fink, Brooklyn, N.Y., on brief for defendant, appellee, Carol Manning.

Kenneth J. King, and Fenn & King, Jamaica Plain, on brief for defendant, appellee, Thomas Manning.

Robert J. Boyle, Brooklyn, N.Y., on brief for defendant, appellee, Richard Williams.

Daniel L. Meyers, New York City, Steven C. Schlang, and Schlang & Burrows, Northampton, on brief, for defendant, appellee, Jaan Laaman.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The district court struck certain predicate acts from the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) count, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), of an indictment against the defendants.1 The government has appealed. The defendants challenge appellate jurisdiction, contending that the district court order is not now appealable pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731 (quoted infra in pertinent part). Beyond that, they...

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