United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, et al, Cr. 3-84-65. I. A black fireman from Seattle, WN was convicted of fraud, along with two co-conspirators, for acting as a broker of airline tickets illegally purchased using stolen credit card numbers. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. Conviction was appealed without success on several grounds, including the removal of both potential black jurors through use of the prosecution's peremptory challenges. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 262, folders 7 and 8. [Cross-reference to United States v. Little, Box 17, folders 6 and 7, which include newspaper articles pertaining to this case.]

United States v. Joseph Maria Andrade, et al, Cr. 3-84-65. I. A black fireman from Seattle, WN was convicted of fraud, along with two co-conspirators, for acting as a broker of airline tickets illegally purchased using stolen credit card numbers. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Transcripts of wiretapped telephone conversations. Conviction was appealed without success on several grounds, including the removal of both potential black jurors through use of the prosecution's peremptory challenges. Additional appeals court records for this case are also present in UND Special Collections, in the Myron H. Bright Papers, OGL #877, box 262, folders 7 and 8. [Cross-reference to United States v. Little, Box 17, folders 6 and 7, which include newspaper articles pertaining to this case.], Folder 10, Box: 7, Folder: 10. Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, OGLMC-1253. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. https://archives.und.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/13536 Accessed November 22, 2025.