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LABORERS' INTERN. UNION OF NORTH AMERICA v. CARUSO

No. 99-1276.

197 F.3d 1195 (1999)

LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA and Robert Bloch, in his official capacity as Trustee of the Construction & General Laborers' District Council of Chicago and Vicinity, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Bruno CARUSO, John Matassa, Jr., Leo Caruso, and Construction & General Laborers' District Council of Chicago and Vicinity, an affiliated entity of the Laborers' International Union of North America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight Bostwick (argued), Robert E. Shapiro, David E. Gordon, Barack, Ferrazzano, Kirschbaum, Perlman & Nagelberg, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Allan A. Ackerman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before BAUER, COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

Since 1994, when they were the subject of a Department of Justice RICO investigation, the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) has attempted to rid itself of organized crime and stave off direct government control. These efforts culminated in LIUNA's adoption of a reform program in 1995 designed to root out mafia influence and corruption. In 1997, these reforms allowed LIUNA to bring a trusteeship complaint against the Chicago...

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