Legal Opinion
Efron v. Embassy Suites (Puerto Rico), Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 14, 2000No. 99-1679PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant David Efron, a member of a limited partnership formed to build and operate an Embassy Suites hotel in Puerto Rico, claims that several of his partners intentionally caused the project to experience financial difficulties in a scheme to extract additional money from him and other investors and, ultimately, to squeeze down the value of Efron’s substantial interest in the partnership. Efron brought a civil suit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c), (d), and Puer-to Rico law. Concluding that the…
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