Court Opinion

ID: 9468115
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:05:10.859563+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:41.200625
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SWYGERT, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
Although I originally voted to reverse these convictions on the ground that the RICO statute could not be applied to public entities,1 because of the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Turkette, - U.S. -, 101 S.Ct. 2524, 69 L.Ed.2d 246 (1981), I am compelled to vote with the majority on the RICO issue. I join, however, in the dissents filed by Chief Judge Fairchild and Judge Cudahy on the issues of joinder and severance.

. See my dissent in United States v. Grzywacz, 603 F.2d 682, 690 (7th Cir. 1979), cert. denied. 446 U.S. 935, 100 S.Ct. 2152, 64 L.Ed.2d 788 (1980).