U.S. v. REGAN

No. 1684, Docket 88-1344.

858 F.2d 115 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Sutton REGAN, Jack Z. Rabinowitz, Charles M. Zarzecki, Paul Berkman, Steven Barry Smotrich, and Bruce Lee Newberg, Defendants, Princeton/Newport Partners, L.P., Oakley Sutton Management Corporation, Oakley Sutton Investment Corporation, Englewood Partners, Englewood Partners d/b/a Princeton/Newport Arbitrage Partners, Spring Street Partners of N.J., L.P., Oakley Sutton Enterprises, Inc., Boss Partners, Oakley Sutton Partners, L.P., Oakley Sutton Securities Corp., OSM Partners, L.P., PNP Ltd., Princeton/Newport Income Partners, Princeton/Newport Index Partners, Princeton/Newport Option Partners, Roulette N.V., Swilaz Partners, Westcoast Investments, Witherspoon Associates of N.J., L.P., Princeton/Newport Collateral Partners, and all other entities owned or controlled by Princeton/Newport, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Abrahams, New York City (Linda J. Cahn, Schulte Roth & Zabel, New York City, of counsel), for appellant Princeton/Newport Partners, L.P.

Bruce A. Baird, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty. for S.D.N.Y., Neil S. Cartusciello, Kerri L. Martin, Asst. U.S. Attys., New York City, Peter G.A. Safirstein, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

William W. Taylor, III, Washington, D.C. (Michael R. Smith, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Washington, D.C., Robert Kasanof, New York City, of counsel), for all appellants.

Before WINTER and MINER, Circuit Judges, and BILLINGS, District Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises questions concerning the propriety of restraints upon property in the hands of third parties that is potentially forfeitable under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. (Supp. IV 1986).

Appellants are a consortium of twenty investment companies owned or controlled by Princeton/Newport Partners, L.P. (collectively...

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