U.S. v. DiCRISTINA

Docket No. 12-3720.

726 F.3d 92 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Lawrence DiCRISTINA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taryn A. Merkl , Assistant United States Attorney ( Marisa M. Seifan , David C. James , Nathan D. Reilly , on the brief), for Loretta E. Lynch , United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for Appellant.

Neal K. Katyal ( Christopher T. Handman , Dominic F. Perella , Elizabeth B. Prelogar , Hagan C. Scotten , on the brief), Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Patrick W. Fleming , Portsmouth, NH, for amici curiae Amateur Poker Players in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Paul D. Clement ( D. Zachary Hudson , on the brief), Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Robert C. Hannum, in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Anand S. Raman ( Michael A. McIntosh , on the brief), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae James McManus in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Thomas C. Goldstein ( Tejinder Singh , on the brief), Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The Poker Players Alliance in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Miguel A. Estrada ( Jonathan C. Bond , on the brief), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Former United States Attorneys Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. and Robert J. Cleary in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Erik S. Jaffe , Washington, DC, for amici curiae Joe Edley, Jesse Day, and Martin Fleisher in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Kenneth L. Adams ( Christopher T. Leonardo , on the brief), Adams Holcomb LLP, Washington, DC, for amici curiae Michael Sexton, Gregory Raymer, Jonathan Little, and Vanessa Selbst in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Lisa S. Blatt ( Matthew C. Phillips , R. Stanton Jones , on the brief), Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae Chamath Palihapitiya in support of Defendant-Appellee.

Before: STRAUB, HALL, and CHIN, Circuit Judges.


STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from an August 21, 2012 order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Jack B. Weinstein, Judge) entering a post-verdict judgment of acquittal in favor of Defendant-Appellee Lawrence DiCristina, setting aside the guilty verdict on one count of violating the Illegal Gambling Business Act (the "IGBA"), 18 U.S.C. § 1955, and one count of conspiring to do so under 18 U.S.C. ...

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