Indian Casinos: Neither Public nor Private

• Author: Cecil C. Kuhne III
• Pages: 69-71

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Indian Casinos:

Neither Public

nor Private

United States v. Tonry

837 F.2d 1281 (5th Cir. 1988)

Richard Tonry was charged with conspiracy to engage in interstate

transportation in aid of a racketeering enterprise, and two counts of

engaging in interstate transportation in violation of the federal rack-

eteering statute. e unlawf ul activity that Tonry was accused of impli-

cated the State of Louisiana’s commercial bribery laws.

e relevant Louisiana statute denes commercia l bribery as the giv-

ing or oering to give anyth ing of value “to any private agent, employee,

or duciary, without the knowledge and consent of the principal or

employer” with the intent to inuence the bribe recipient’s actions as

they relate to the aai rs of his employer or principal.