United States v. Enrico Campanale and Donald Matthews, United States of America v. Mike Grancich

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A nine-count indictment returned on June 29, 1972, in the United States Dis trict Court for the Central District of California charged appellants and three co-defendants with conspiracy to conduct a pattern of racketeering activity (Counts 1 and 2) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (d), and with substantive offenses of requesting and receiving money in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 186 (Counts 3 and 4), obstructing and attempting to obstruct interstate commerce by extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (Counts 5, 6 and 7), and picketing for personal profit in violation of 29 U.S.C. § 522 (Counts 8 and 9). Another indictment returned on February 13, 1973, just prior to trial charged Galea and Martinez with one count of obstruction of justice through injury to property of Robert Dougherty because of his testimony before a grand jury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 . The two indictments were consolidated for trial.

The June indictment in Counts 1 and 2 charged two extortion conspiracies in the Vernon, California, area by members of Meat and Provisions Drivers, Teamsters Local 626 (hereinafter “Local 626”) and Pronto Loading and Unloading Company…