Brown v. Federal Savings & Loan Insurance

OPINION

This is an appeal from the trial court’s imposition of a constructive trust over funds in appellant’s bank account and from the jury’s verdict awarding RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization) damages. The judgment was the result of a four-and-one-half month long trial involving multiple defendants and numerous financial transactions.

*411On November 7, 1983, respondent Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation (FSLIC) filed a lawsuit in its capacity as receiver for State Savings and Loan Association (State Savings), a New Mexico corporation. Soon thereafter, FSLIC filed a…