UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Bradley S. ASHMAN, John Ryan, Joel J. Fetchenhier, Thomas P. Kenney, William A. Barcal, III, Sheldon Schneider, Edward A. Cox, III, John A. Vercillo, Martin J. Dempsey, and Charles Bergstrom, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 11, 1992.
Decided October 30, 1992.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 6, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joel D. Bertocchi, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Crim. Div., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee U.S.
Nan R. Nolan, Robinson, Curley & Clayton, Donald C. Shine, Michael J. Daley, Nisen & Elliott, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant Charles W. Bergstrom.
Garrett B. Johnson, Mark D. Young, Kirkland & Ellis, Scott E. Early, Chicago, Ill., Robert H. Bork (argued), Washington, D.C., Ann E. Barlow, New York City, for amicus curiae Bd. of Trade of City of Chicago.
C. Steven Tomashefsky, Barry A. Miller, Malcolm C. Rich, Chicago Council of Lawyers, Chicago, Ill., for amicus curiae Chicago Council of Lawyers.
James R. Epstein (argued), Jerry A. Esrig, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant Martin J. Dempsey.
Michael D. Monico, Barry A. Spevack (argued), Monico, Pavich & Spevack, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant John A. Vercillo.
Matthias A. Lydon, Jayne Carr Thompson (argued), Lydon & Griffin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant Edward A. Cox, III.
Matthew F. Kennelly, Margaret L. Paris, Robert M. Stephenson, Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Tighe & Streicker, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants Sheldon Schneider, Thomas P. Kenney and Joel J. Fetchenhier.
Nicholas F. Maniscalco, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant William A. Barcal, III.
Gordon B. Nash, Jr., Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Matthew F. Kennelly, James R. Streicker, Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Tighe & Streicker, Patrick S. Coffey, Federal Public Defender, Office of Federal Public Defender, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant John C. Ryan.
Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Amy Adelson, Dershowitz & Eiger, New York City, Alan M. Dershowitz (argued), Cambridge, Mass., for defendant-appellant Bradley S. Ashman.
Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 6, 1993.
BAUER, Chief Judge.
In this rather complex appeal, we review the claims of ten defendants, traders and brokers of soybean futures contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade ("CBOT"), who were convicted of various offenses including conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)), substantive RICO offenses (18 U.S.C. § 1962(d)), mail and...
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