UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Bradley S. ASHMAN, John Ryan, Joel J. Fetchenhier, Thomas P. Kenney, William A. Barcall, III, Sheldon Schneider, Edward A. Cox, III, John A. Vercillo, Martin J. Dempsey, Charles W. Bergstrom, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted April 29, 1992.
Decided April 29, 1992.
Opinion May 8, 1992.
Order June 18, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for U.S.
Michael D. Monico, Barry A. Spevack, Monico, Pavich & Spevack, Chicago, Ill., for John A. Vercillo.
Garrett B. Johnson, Mark D. Young, Kirkland & Ellis, Scott E. Early, Chicago, Ill., Robert H. Bork, Washington, D.C., Ann E. Barlow, New York City, for Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, amicus curiae.
James R. Epstein, Jerry A. Esrig, Chicago, Ill., for Martin J. Dempsey.
Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Amy Adelson, Dershowitz & Eiger, New York City, Alan M. Dershowitz, Cambridge, Mass., for Bradley S. Ashman.
Margaret L. Paris, Robert M. Stephenson, Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Tighe & Streicker, Chicago, Ill., for Joel J. Fetchenhier.
Gordon B. Nash, Jr., Gardner, Carton & Douglas, James R. Streicker, Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Tighe & Streicker, Patrick S. Coffey, Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Chicago, Ill., for John C. Ryan.
Nicholas F. Maniscalco, Chicago, Ill., for William A. Barcal, III.
Margaret L. Paris, Robert M. Stephenson, Cotsirilos, Stephenson, Tighe & Streicker, Chicago, Ill., for Thomas P. Kenney and Sheldon Schneider.
Nan R. Nolan, Robinson, Curley & Clayton, Donald C. Shine, Michael J. Daley, Nisen & Elliott, Chicago, Ill., for Charles W. Bergstrom.
Matthias A. Lydon, Jayne Carr Thompson, Lydon & Griffin, Chicago, Ill., for Edward A. Cox, III.
Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
PER CURIAM.
We have before us a motion by the government to file a 280-page appellee's brief; the normal limit is of course 50 pages but the government points out that the appellants, ten criminal defendants tried together for commodities fraud, filed 438 pages of opening briefs (458 when the amicus brief, which supports the defendants, is included in the count). If the government's motion were granted, we would be required to read 738 pages of briefs in this matter...
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