Felix Antonio Alderisio
Convicted in Denver in 1965 of conspiring to transmit threats in interstate commerce. His case reached the Supreme Court in Alderman v. United States (1969) over government surveillance of his Chicago place of business.
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- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 6 July 1961 — Kolod v. United States, 371 F.2d 983 (10th Cir. 1967), recounts that he and Americo Di Pietto visited the witness Sunshine in Denver: "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."
- 1965 — United States v. Alderisio (10th Cir. 1970) states: "Appellant Alderisio was initially convicted in 1965 with two co-defendants" of conspiring to transmit murderous threats in interstate commerce, and that he was sentenced to four and one-half years and a $7,500 fine.
- 3 February 1967 — The Tenth Circuit affirmed the convictions in Kolod v. United States.
- 10 March 1969 — Alderman v. United States, 394 U.S. 165 (1969), states that the petitioners "had recently discovered that Alderisio's place of business in Chicago had been the subject of electronic surveillance by the Government," and vacated and remanded for proceedings on the surveillance records.
- 31 March 1970 — On remand, the Tenth Circuit remanded "for the limited purposes designated herein and the judgment is otherwise affirmed."
A 1959 FBI memorandum in the Accardo Vault file lists a “PHIL ALBERISIO” (as the OCR reads it) among men an attorney called “young turks.” This page does not cite it, because only the similarity of the names links that entry to him. No record on this page assigns him a rank, and no opened record gives his birth or death date.
Records
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.itemKolod 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.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.