United States v. Local 560 (I.B.T.), 694 F. Supp. 1158 (D.N.J. 1988)

On the court-appointed trustee's application, the district court bars two former Local 560 officers from union affairs. It restates the 1984 findings that the Provenzano Group was organized in the late 1940s as part of the Genovese family and that Anthony Provenzano "was a made-member" of it.

Date: 1988-09-14
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Docket: Civ. A. 82-689
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 for the District of New Jersey, Civil Action No. 82-689, Judge Debevoise, September 14, 1988. “With the approval of Edwin H. Stier, court-appointed Trustee of Teamsters Local 560, the United States applied to modify and extend the equitable relief” of the 1984 judgment by rejoining Michael Sciarra and Joseph Sheridan as defendants and enjoining them from further participation in the local’s affairs. An evidentiary hearing was held in August 1988.

Restating the earlier findings, the court wrote: “As detailed in the 1984 Opinion, 581 F.Supp. at 303-06, the Provenzano Group was organized by Anthony Provenzano in the late 1940’s. It was a part of the New York organized crime family which was headed at the time by Mike Miranda, who was serving as the acting boss while its former head, Vito Genovese, was imprisoned. Anthony Provenzano was a made-member of the Genovese organized crime family.” The government’s new allegations, as the court states them, were that Matthew Ianniello, “alleged to be a made-member and a caporegime (i.e., a mid-level supervisor) in the Genovese Crime Family,” had exercised supervisory authority over Provenzano Group members who controlled the local.

The first quoted passage is the court restating its own earlier findings; the Ianniello passage is an allegation. Sciarra may be living, and only the court’s statements are summarized. The Third Circuit later affirmed an injunction against him (974 F.2d 315).

itemUnited States v. Provenzano, 334 F.2d 678 (3d Cir. 1964)The Third Circuit affirmed Anthony Provenzano's Hobbs Act conviction. He was indicted in 1960, as an officer of Teamsters Local 560, for extorting $17,100 from Dorn's Transportation Company between 1952 and 1959.itemUnited States v. Provenzano, 620 F.2d 985 (3d Cir. 1980)The Third Circuit affirmed the RICO and RICO-conspiracy convictions of Anthony Provenzano, Thomas Andretta and Stephen Andretta in a scheme to extort "labor peace" payments from Interocean Services, an in-house trucker for Seatrain Lines.itemUnited States v. Local 560, 550 F. Supp. 511 (D.N.J. 1982)In the government's civil RICO suit alleging that Teamsters Local 560 had become a "captive labor organization" controlled by the "Provenzano Group," the district court denies the union's motion to dismiss, calling the question one "of first impression."itemUnited States v. Local 560, 581 F. Supp. 279 (D.N.J. 1984)After a civil RICO trial, the district court finds that Teamsters Local 560 has been since 1961 "a captive labor organization" dominated by the "Provenzano Group" through fear and intimidation, and orders a trusteeship and injunctions.itemUnited States v. Local 560, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 780 F.2d 267 (3d Cir. 1985)The Third Circuit affirmed the civil RICO judgment that found Teamsters Local 560 a "captive labor organization," removed its executive board and imposed a trusteeship until free elections could be held.itemUnited States v. Local 560 (Sciarra), 974 F.2d 315 (3d Cir. 1992)The Third Circuit affirms a permanent injunction barring Michael Sciarra, a former Local 560 president, from union office and influence, on findings that he remained under the influence of the Genovese organized crime family.

itemTestimony of Anthony Provenzano, July 6, 1959 (McClellan Committee, Part 55, pp. 19264–19268)Anthony Provenzano, with counsel, answers nearly every question from the McClellan Committee, including whether he was president of Teamsters Local 560 and whether he took money from Pitman and Dorn, with "I respectfully decline to answer because I honestly believe my answer might tend to incriminate me."