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· 6/12/1981

United States v. John D. Long

Citations

  • 651 F.2d 239
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 12343
  • 8 Fed. R. Serv. 630

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that state senate is an enterprise for RICO purposes
  • holding in accord with majority of the federal courts that “RICO should be construed to include public entities as enterprises”
  • holding in accord with majority of the federal courts that “RICO should be construed to include public entities as enterprises”
  • enterprise was the Office of Senator in the South Carolina legislature engaged in bribery
  • enterprise was the Office of Senator in the South Carolina legislature engaged in bribery
  • enterprise defined as office of state senator

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Judges: Butzner, Phillips, Ervin

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