United States v. Frumento

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• specifying that RICO’s “reference to state law is neces- sary only to identify the type of unlawful activity in which the defendant intended to engage”
• specifying that RICO’s “reference to state law is neces- sary only to identify the type of unlawful activity in which the defendant intended to engage”
• comparing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to a major corporation and concluding that if the RICO enterprise concept does not reach governmental entities, then “private business organizations legitimately owned and operated by the states ... would be open game for racketeers”
• Bureau of Cigarette and Beverage Taxes, a state agency in Pennsylvania, held an “enterprise” under RICO
• a prior acquittal on a state predicate offense does not bar a subsequent RICO prosecution
• state Bureau of Cigarette and Beverage Taxes is an enterprise under RICO

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United States v. Pungitore
  Third Circuit· 1990-08-01· cited 355×
• United States v. Milan Bagaric, Mile Markich, Ante Ljubas, Vinko Logarusic, Ranko Primorac, and Drago Sudar
  Second Circuit· 1983-04-14· cited 323×
• Genty v. Resolution Trust Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1991-07-08· cited 228×
• United States v. Anthony Provenzano, Stephen Andretta, and Thomas Andretta
  Third Circuit· 1980-05-08· cited 223×
• B.F. Hirsch v. Enright Refining Company, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1984-12-31· cited 192×
• United States v. Urban
  Third Circuit· 2005-04-20· cited 173×
• United States v. Jannotti, Harry P. Schwartz, George X. Appeal of Harry P. Jannotti, in No. 83-1093. Appeal of George X. Schwartz, in No. 83-1094
  Third Circuit· 1984-03-20· cited 162×
• Schaick v. Church of Scientology of California, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 1982-03-26· cited 141×
• United States v. Leslie Anderson and Leonard Mooney
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-09-12· cited 130×
• United States v. Peter Angelilli, William Butler, Donald Irish, and Donald Ribotsky
  Second Circuit· 1981-09-04· cited 129×
• United States v. Tom Welch, Charles Cashell, William L. Satterwhite and James M. Cochran
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-09-21· cited 107×
• United States v. Nunzio Provenzano, in 81-2411. Appeal of Irving Cotler, in 81-2412
  Third Circuit· 1982-09-27· cited 106×
• United States v. Licavoli
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-01-09· cited 101×
• United States v. Harry O. Stratton, William D. Riggs and Loy Z. Harrell, United States of America v. Samuel S. Smith
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-07-06· cited 99×
• Eli Lilly and Co. v. Roussel Corp.
  D. New Jersey· 1998-07-07· cited 95×
• United States v. Castellano
  S.D. New York· 1985-06-06· cited 91×
• United States v. Malatesta
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-11-08· cited 90×
• United States v. Raymond Luc Levasseur, A/K/A John, Jack, Jake and George, United States v. Raymond Luc Levasseur, Etc.
  First Circuit· 1988-05-09· cited 83×
• United States v. Warner
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-09-06· cited 81×
• United States v. Palmeri
  Third Circuit· 1980-09-03· cited 81×

Cites

51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs
  Supreme Court· 1966-03-28· cited 13,852×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,075×
• Elkins v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-27· cited 2,501×
• Abney v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-09· cited 2,295×
• United States v. Jorn
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 2,215×
• Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 1,503×
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-04· cited 1,460×
• Iannelli v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-25· cited 1,423×
• United States v. Ball
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-25· cited 1,376×
• Breed v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 1975-05-27· cited 1,196×
• Serfass v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-03-03· cited 1,194×
• Bartkus v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-08· cited 1,084×
• Abbate v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1959-03-30· cited 835×
• Price v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-15· cited 784×
• Jeffers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 764×

Other cases named United States v. Frumento

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• United States v. Frumento
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1975-10-03· cited 36×
• United States v. Frumento
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-03-01· cited 13×
• United States v. Frumento
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-03-01· cited 12×
• United States v. Frumento
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-12-09· cited 9×
• United States v. Frumento
  Third Circuit· 1977-09-30· cited 2×
• United States v. Frumento
  Third Circuit· 1977-06-23· cited 1×