United States v. Private Sanitation Industry Ass'n of Nassau

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GLASSER, District Judge:

This is a civil action brought by the United States of America under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq. (“RICO”). As filed, the complaint sets forth 47 claims for relief against 112 defendants who are alleged to have committed 486 acts of racketeering through 46 separate enterprises. In a transparent endeavor to lay claim to “the largest civil RICO case ever,” 1 the government attorneys who drafted this complaint have multiplied defendants, enterprises, and predicate acts as though numbers were ends in…