In Philadelphia the term "roofer's union" used to mean corruption. It was the late 1980s, and the city's legal community was rocked when more than two dozen judges were implicated in a massive bribery scheme. In a brief hearing Monday, Senior U.S. District Judge Louis C. Bechtle agreed to end court monitoring of the union. By imposing a court decree in which the union was expected to solve its own problems, observers say Bechtle avoided the problems that result when the court appoints a trustee.
September 27, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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There was a time in Philadelphia when the term “roofer’s union” was synonymous with corruption.
It was the late 1980s, and the city’s legal community was rocked by a major judicial scandal as more than two dozen judges were implicated in a massive bribery scheme in which Roofer’s Union officials doled out envelopes of cash as Christmas gifts.
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