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U.S. v. MASTERS

Nos. 91-2985 and 91-3814.

978 F.2d 281 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alan MASTERS and James D. Keating, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Scorza (argued), Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas Peters (argued), William P. Murphy, Murphy, Peters, Davis & O'Brien, Chicago, Ill., for James D. Keating.

Patrick A. Tuite (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Alan Masters.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 9, 1992.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Judges and genies have this in common: by granting supplicants exactly what they wish for, they may produce misery and regret. Eakin v. Continental Illinois National Bank, 875 F.2d 114, 118 (7th Cir. 1989). Alan Masters, sentenced to 40 years in prison for racketeering activities that ran the gamut from protecting bookies to soliciting...

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