United States v. Elliott

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1978-04-21

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SIMPSON, Circuit Judge: In this case we deal with the question of whether and, if so, how a free society can protect itself when groups of people, through division of labor, specialization, diversification, complexity of organization, and the accumulation of capital, turn crime into an ongoing business. Congress fired a telling shot at organized crime when it passed the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act of 1…

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