Breaking the Devil's Pact : The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob /
"In 1988, despite powerful Congressional opposition, U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering (RICO) suit against the leaders of the behemoth International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and more than two dozen Cosa Nostra (LCN) leaders. Intending to land a fatal blow to...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
NYU Press,
2011.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introducing the litigants and the judge
- The civil RICO complaint and settlement
- IBT resistance and Judge Edelstein's resolve : July 1989-September 1992
- Establishing new disciplinary machinery : July 1989-September 1992
- An insurgent's triumph : the IBT's 1991 election
- General President Carey and the IRB : 1992-1997
- The 1996 election scandal
- The 1998 Rerun Election and emerging dominance of James P. Hoffa
- The 2001 election, the demise of project RISE and the IRB's third term
- The 2006 election, the IRB's fourth term and the lead up to the 2011 Election
- Lessons, reflections and speculations.