Marshall Caifano
Named in the Ninth Circuit's 1966 opinion as "John Marshall," one of eleven men in Nevada's 1960 "black book" who was asked to leave the Tropicana and the Desert Inn. A footnote quotes a California report giving his birth name as Marchello Caifano.
- Aliases
- John Marshall, Marshall Cafano
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.
On the record
- 1960 — Marshall v. Sawyer, 365 F.2d 105 (9th Cir. 1966): "Marshall is one of the persons so identified in the black book." In October 1960 he was asked to leave the Tropicana, and on October 28, 1960 he was asked to leave the Desert Inn.
- 1966 — The opinion recites the district court's findings that his six convictions between April 1929 and August 1952 were obtained under names "including the names Joe Russo, Frank Roberto, Marshall Cafano, Joseph Rinaldi and George Marshall," and that he admitted booking illegal horse-race bets in Chicago from 1937 to 1951.
- 1966 — A footnote quotes a California report on organized crime: "Plaintiff was born Marchello Caifano in New York City, and legally changed his name to John Michael Marshall in 1955." The same report calls him "Reported to be top Lieutenant in Tony Accardo's Syndicate, the successor of the old Capone gang." The court quotes both in a margin note and makes no finding on the second.
This page is limited to one federal opinion. It recites district-court findings and quotes a California report, and the court itself found a Chicago bookmaking history, with no statement of a family or rank. The words “top Lieutenant in Tony Accardo’s Syndicate” are the California report’s, quoted in a footnote, and they are not a federal finding, so no family or role is given. The 1980 Senate hearing reprints a Nevada exclusion-list sheet for him. That is a state record and is not used here.