David T. Combs Sarah E. Combs v. James O. Bakker Tammy Faye Bakker Richard Dortch

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by David and Sarah Combs from the district court’s dismissal of their action asserting civil RICO and pendent state common law and statutory claims against James and Tamara Bakker and Richard Dortch arising from the defendants’ allegedly fraudulent sale to the Combs of a “lifetime partnership” in the “PTL” enterprise. On defendants’ pretrial motions, the district court dismissed the entire action on the basis that the complaint failed to state a RICO claim, and that there was no basis under state law for personal jurisdiction over the defendants with…