Masters v. United States
Masters v. United States, 500 U.S. 919 (1991)
Opinion of the Court
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C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied.
How later courts describe this case
Explanatory parentheticals written by citing courts — 8 in all; the most informative distinct ones are shown.
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(holding that, when defendants committed overt acts in furtherance of their express original agreement to indefinitely conceal the murder, conspiracy to commit murder and to conceal a crime did not end with consummation of the murder)
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(noting that under the RICO statute an enterprise can have diverse objects and that there is rarely a problem determining that the diverse acts of a criminal conspiracy, as opposed to the acts of a predominantly legitimate enterprise, satisfy the statutory requirements)
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(discussing withdrawal as a "term of art in the law of conspiracy")
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(district court must make findings on factors such as burden on defendant’s family before imposing fine)
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(an association in fact may be composed of a consortium of organizations)
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(joint and several liability under RICO)
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