U.S. v. MMR CORP. (LA)

No. 89-3526.

907 F.2d 489 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MMR CORPORATION (LA) and James B. Rutland, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Hunt, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Baton Rouge, La., Luther T. Munford, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Jackson, Miss., Frederick T. Davis, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, for MMR Corp.

Donald L. Beckner, Bryan M. White, Baton Rouge, La., John R. Martzell, Martzell, Thomas & Hickford, New Orleans, La., for James B. Rutland.

Andrea Limmer, Asst. Chief, John J. Powers, III, Appellate Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE, and HIGGINBOTHAM Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

MMR Corporation (LA) and, its president, James B. "Pepper" Rutland, appeal their convictions for conspiracy to rig bids on a Cajun Electric Power Cooperative project in violation of section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, and for defrauding Cajun Electric on the same project in violation of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The indictment also charged defendants with aiding and abetting these crimes contrary...

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