U.S. v. GIGANTE

No. 96 Cr. 466 (JSR).

948 F.Supp. 279 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America v. Mario GIGANTE, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Jo White, United States Attorney by Michael Tabak, Stan Okula, Asst. U.S. Attys., for U.S.

Litman, Asche, Lipkin & Giorella, New York City, by Jack Litman, for Mario Gigante.

James M. Larossa, New York City, for Salvatore Gigante.

Rubinstein & Corozzo PC, Ron Rubinstein, New York City, for Louis Corso.

J. Bruce Maffeo, New York City, for Nicholas Milo, J & T Recycling Co.

Hoffman & Pollok, New York City by John Pollok, for Thomas Milo.

Burke, McGlinn & Miele, Patrick Bucke, Suffern, NY, for Frank Celli.

Anthony V. Lombardino, Richmond Hill, NY, for Benny Villani.

Kase & Durker, John Kase, Garden City, NY, for Suburban Carting Corp., Trottown Transfer, Inc., Chestnut Equipment Leasing Corp., DMF Excavating Corp., Mamaroneck Truck Repair, Inc., Enviro Express, Inc., Recycling Industries Corp.

McCormack, Damiani, Lowe & Mellion, Gerard Damiani, New City, NY, for All Waste Systems, Inc.

Christy & Viener, Franklin B. Velir, New York City, for Compaction Systems Corp of Connecticut, Inc.

Burstein & Fass LLP, Judd Burstein, New York City, for Al Turi Landfill, Inc.

Jay Goldberg PC, New York City By Seth Ginsberg, Butler, Fitzgerald & Potter PC, Thomas A. Butler, New York City, for Mahwah Homes, Inc., Route 55 Corp.

Donald A. Mitchell, Danbury, CT, for Acorn Equipment Leasing Corp.


OPINION AND ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

The question before the Court is whether the consent of all parties in a criminal RICO action enables a court, in the exercise of its discretion, to approve the voluntary pre-trial restraint of property that may include assets that otherwise could not be restrained prior to trial.

The question arises in the following way. On June 21, 1996 a federal grand jury returned a 61-count indictment charging...

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