United States v. Gotti, 771 F. Supp. 535 (E.D.N.Y. 1991)

Judge Glasser's pretrial ruling of July 19, 1991 denying motions to suppress the recordings made under court orders at the Ravenite Social Club, 247 Mulberry Street, and related locations.

Date: 1991-07-19
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: CR-90-1051
Rights: Opinion of a United States court. Works of the federal judiciary are in the public domain in the United States. The text was read on CourtListener.

United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, No. CR-90-1051, memorandum and order of July 19, 1991 by District Judge Glasser. John Gleeson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, appeared for the government; counsel appeared for Gotti, Locascio, Gravano and Gambino.

The defendants moved to suppress the “Ravenite tapes,” conversations recorded at the Ravenite Social Club, 247 Mulberry Street, and related locations. One argument concerned “interceptions pursuant to the September 25, 1989 order and its extensions.” The court denied the motions.

The Second Circuit later described these recordings as “the most significant evidence” at the trial (6 F.3d 924).

itemUnited States v. Locascio, 6 F.3d 924 (2d Cir. 1993)Second Circuit opinion of October 8, 1993 affirming the Eastern District of New York convictions of John Gotti and Frank Locascio. It says the main evidence was conversations recorded at 247 Mulberry Street, in and above the Ravenite Social Club.

itemFBI history: "John Gotti"FBI history page on John Gotti: the December 16, 1985 killing of Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti, Gotti's 1990 arrest, his April 2, 1992 conviction on 13 counts, and his death in prison in June 2002.