Kolod v. United States, 371 F.2d 983 (10th Cir. 1967)

Tenth Circuit opinion of February 3, 1967 affirming the convictions of Ruby Kolod, Willie Israel Alderman, and Felix Alderisio for conspiring to transmit threats in interstate commerce.

Date: 1967-02-03
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Docket: 371 F.2d 983 (10th Cir. 1967)
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United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit, decided February 3, 1967; rehearing denied March 8, 1967. Before Murrah, Chief Judge, and Lewis and Breitenstein, Circuit Judges.

The case arose in Denver. The opinion recounts that on July 6, 1961 Felix Alderisio and Americo Di Pietto visited the witness Sunshine at his Denver office: “Both men were from Chicago and unknown to Sunshine. Both had registered at Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel where Alderisio used a fictitious name and address.”

The court concludes: “the judgments of conviction are affirmed.” The Supreme Court later took up the case on the surveillance question; see Alderman v. United States (1969).

itemAlderman v. United States, 394 U.S. 165 (1969)Supreme Court decision of March 10, 1969 on government electronic surveillance, granting rehearing in the Denver threats case after the petitioners learned that Felix Alderisio's Chicago place of business had been monitored.itemUnited States v. Alderisio, 424 F.2d 20 (10th Cir. 1970)Tenth Circuit opinion of March 31, 1970 on remand from Alderman v. United States, otherwise affirming Felix Antonio Alderisio's 1965 Denver conviction.