United States v. Lewis M. Dischner, United States of America v. Carl W. Mathisen

ORDER

The opinion filed April 3, 1992 ( 960 F.2d 870 ) is amended as follows:

With the above amendments, the panel has voted to deny the petitions for rehearing and to reject the suggestions for rehearing en banc.

The full court has been advised of the suggestions for rehearing en banc, and no judge of the court has requested a vote on them. Fed.R.App.P. 35(b).

The petitions for rehearing are DENIED and the suggestions for rehearing are REJECTED.

OPINION

These are consolidated appeals from convictions on jury verdicts rendered after an eight-month trial. Lewis Dischner and Carl Mathisen were found guilty of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1963 , conspiracy to violate RICO, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (d), extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 , mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343, and violating the Travel Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1952 . We affirm.

Factual Background

This case arises out of an investigation of corruption in the Office of the Mayor and the Department of Public Works of Alaska’s North Slope Borough during the tenure of Mayor C. Eugene Brower, who served as mayor from 1981…