U.S. v. COSENTINO

Nos. 86-3090, 86-3098.

869 F.2d 301 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph R. COSENTINO, Sr. and Robert H. Patterson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell H. Caplan, Jerome Rotenberg, Rosenfeld, Rotenberg, Schwartzman, Hafron & Shapiro, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Matthew R. Bettenhausen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Anton Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 22, 1989.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

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