United States v. Frumento

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• 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

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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×