U.S. v. BROWNE

No. 05-11137.

505 F.3d 1229 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter J. BROWNE, a.k.a. Buster, Patricia A. Devaney, a.k.a. Patricia Browne, a.k.a. Patricia Cardone, a.k.a. Patricia Browne Cardone, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot H. Scherker, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Kathleen M. Williams and Michael T. Caruso, Fed. Pub. Defenders, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Apellants.

Kathleen M. Salyer, Anne R. Schultz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Madeleine R. Shirley, Miami, FL, for U.S.

Before TJOFLAT and HULL, Circuit Judges, and RESTANI, Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The crimes in this case arose from the activities of Walter J. Browne and his sister, Patricia A. Devaney, as a high-ranking official and administrative assistant, respectively, in two labor unions. Accused of lining their pockets by abusing their positions in the unions, the defendants in this brother-and-sister operation were prosecuted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), the Taft-Hartley Act, and other...

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