358 Ill. App. 3d 889 - Tuite v. Corbitt’s Empirical Analysis
2005
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10 state decisions
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Relies on 174 Ill. 2d 77 - Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc. · 66 Ill. 2d 85 - Public Finance Corp. v. Davis · 92 Ill. 2d 344 - Chapski v. Copley Press · 172 Ill. 2d 399 - Anderson v. Vanden Dorpel · 206 Ill. 2d 480 - City of Chicago v. Holland
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“"Unfortunately for the Outfit, during [Operation] Strawman, the FBI had uncovered tons of evidence connecting the Chicago bosses to the guys in Kansas City. When the FBI started calling this new case against Chicago's top bosses Strawman II, it was pretty clear they were on a roll. Although Strawman II put a crimp in Chicago's top guys, particularly Joey Aiuppa, at first they figured they could beat the charges. But then when witnesses starting [ sic ] lining up against them, they began to get worried. Three of the FBI's key witnessesAllen Glick, the guy who fronted four Vegas casinos for Chicago; Aladena `Jimmy the Weasel' Fratianno; and the former Teamsters president Roy Williamshad everyone seriously concerned. From what I understand, they knew enough to bury just about everybody who was anybody in the Outfit. And it was no use trying to take them out, either. Even if Lombardo (who was serving time on [Operation] Pendorf in Leavenworth) or Spilotro (who was in a Chicago jail awaiting trial for murder) had been available to do the job, it would have been an impossible task. The more critical witnesses, like Roy Williams, had been under heavy security for months, ever since the convictions had come down in Operation Pendorf. So they were virtually untouchable. Ultimately it wouldn't be just Williams, Glick, and the Weasel the Outfit would have to worry about; by the time the trial got under way in 1985, there were guys flipping left and right. It was pretty clear that the ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“self-admitted professional criminal, whose life in crime was in the service of the Chicago mafia.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Inside Story of Murder, Unbridled Corruption, and the Cop Who Was a Mobster.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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