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U.S. v. BLANKENSHIP

Nos. 90-2686, 90-3116, and 91-3624.

970 F.2d 283 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert BLANKENSHIP and Thomas E. Lawrence, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodger A. Heaton (argued), Patrick Kelley, Asst. U.S. Attys., Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Walter H. Kasten (argued), Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellant Lawrence.

Timothy E. Duggan (argued), Springfield, Ill., for defendant-appellant Blankenship.

Before POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Courts do not enforce bargains among the producers of illegal drugs, or between these producers and their customers. Extra-judicial remedies tend to be violent, which makes drug running a crime of the young and vigorous. Substitutes for both legal processes and brutality are possible, however; family ties may suffice. Nancy Nietupski, a grandmother in her early 60s, ran a methamphetamine ring through her extended family. She started on...

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