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U.S. v. FLORES

Nos. 91-1839, 91-1854, 92-2007, 92-1203 and 92-1204.

5 F.3d 1070 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Feilberto FLORES, Angel L. Fontanez and Amador Rodriguez, Defendants-Appellants. Feilberto FLORES, and Amador Rodriguez, Petitioners-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. King, Jr., Sean B. Martin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Joseph D. Heyd, Chicago, IL, for U.S.

Allan A. Ackerman (argued), David J. Peilet, Chicago, IL, for Feilberto Flores.

Patrick A. Tuite, Brent D. Stratton (argued), Chicago, IL, for Angel L. Fontanez.

Allan A. Ackerman (argued), Glenn Seiden, Seiden & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Amador Rodriguez.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, COFFEY, Circuit Judge, and EISELE, Senior District Judge.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

Feilberto Flores, Angel L. Fontanez, and Amador Rodriguez ("defendants") are three forcibly retired entrepreneurs. Like many successful entrepreneurs, they ran a well-organized commercial enterprise and made a substantial profit.2 There was however, a difference in their business from the American norm. They applied their money-making skills to marketing, distributing, and selling an illegal product: cocaine, lots of...

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