Breaking the Devil’s Pact : : The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob /

Breaking the Devil’s Pact : : The Battle to Free the Teamsters from the Mob / / James B. Jacobs, Kerry T. Cooperman.

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In 1988, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani brought a massive civil racketeering suit against the leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), at the time possibly the most corrupt union in the world. The lawsuit charged that the mafia had operated the IBT as a racketeering ent...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Jacobs, James B.,
Cooperman, Kerry T.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Preface
  • U.S. v. IBT Timeline
  • Principal Names
  • 1. Introducing the Litigants and the Judge
  • 2. The Civil RICO Complaint and Settlement
  • 3. IBT Resistance and Judge Edelstein’s Resolve
  • 4. Establishing New Disciplinary Machinery
  • 5. An Insurgent’s Triumph
  • 6. General President Carey and the IRB
  • 7. The 1996 Election Scandal
  • 8. The 1998 Rerun Election and the Emerging Dominance of James P. Hoffa
  • 9. The 2001 Election, the Demise of Project RISE, and the IRB’s Third Term
  • 10. The 2006 Election, the IRB’s Fourth Term, and the Lead-Up to the 2011 Election
  • 11. Lessons, Reflections, and Speculations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Authors

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