SERPICO v. LABORERS' INTERN. UNION OF NORTH AMERICA

Nos. 96-1937, 96-1939.

97 F.3d 995 (1996)

John SERPICO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan K. Webb, Howard M. Pearl, Matthias A. Lydon, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Sherman Carmell (argued), Carmell, Charone, Widmer, Mathews & Moss, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 96-1937.

Robert E. Shapiro, Gayle L. Yeatman, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman, Chicago, IL, Robert D. Luskin (argued), Daniel A. Braun, Comey, Boyd & Luskin, Washington, DC, for Laborers' International Union of North America in No. 96-1937.

Robert E. Shapiro, Gayle L. Yeatman, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman, Chicago, IL, Brendan R. Sullivan, Howard W. Gutman, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Arthur A. Coia in No. 96-1937.

Robert E. Shapiro, Gayle L. Yeatman, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman, Chicago, IL, for Rollin P. Vinall, Mason M. Warren, Vere O. Haynes in No. 96-1937.

Sherman Carmell (argued), Suzanne M. Law, Carmell, Charone, Widmer, Mathews & Moss, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 96-1939.

Robert E. Shapiro, Gayle L. Yeatman, Robert D. Luskin (argued), Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum & Perlman, Chicago, IL, Brendan R. Sullivan, Howard W. Gutman, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 96-1939.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

The Department of Justice believes that the Laborers' International Union of North America has been infiltrated by mobsters. In November 1994 the Organized Crime and Racketeering Section of the Department's Criminal Division sent the Union a proposed complaint alleging violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The Department threatened to file this complaint unless...

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