United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 941 F.2d 1292 (2d Cir. 1991): Senese and Talerico appeal

The Second Circuit affirmed the orders upholding union disciplinary sanctions on Dominic Senese and Joseph Talerico, imposed "by reason of, among other things, their association with organized crime."

Date: 1991-08-06
Kind: court-opinion
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Docket: No. 1642, Docket 91-6052 (2d Cir.); 941 F.2d 1292
Rights: Opinion of a United States court. Works of the federal judiciary are in the public domain in the United States (17 U.S.C. § 105). The text was read on CourtListener (Free Law Project).

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, argued 7 June 1991 and decided 6 August 1991. Dominic Senese and Joseph Talerico appealed from the district court’s orders “upholding internal union disciplinary sanctions imposed on them by reason of, among other things, their association with organized crime. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.”

The opinion’s background begins: “On March 14, 1989, Judge Edelstein entered a consent decree (the ‘Decree’) settling civil racketeering charges brought by the Government against the IBT and members of the IBT General Executive Board.” The caption lists the defendants of the original 1988 suit, including the Commission of La Cosa Nostra and the persons the complaint named, with the aliases the complaint used, among them “Anthony Provenzano, also known as Tony Pro.” A name in the caption is a party to the complaint, not a finding.

CourtListener holds a second copy of the opinion under the same citation.

itemUnited States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 745 F. Supp. 908 (S.D.N.Y. 1990): Application XII (Senese, Talerico and Cozzo)The court upheld the Independent Administrator's decision of 12 July 1990 imposing lifetime suspensions from the Teamsters on three Chicago union officials, on charges that included knowingly associating with members of La Cosa Nostra.itemUnited States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 708 F. Supp. 1388 (S.D.N.Y. 1989)Judge David N. Edelstein denied the union's motions to dismiss the Government's 1988 civil RICO complaint against the Teamsters, its General Executive Board, "the Commission of La Cosa Nostra" and 26 alleged members of La Cosa Nostra, and granted default judgments against some defendants.